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    The sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over a lazy dog." uses every letter of the alphabet!
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    Before WWI, German Was the Second Most Widely Spoken Language in the United States
    Before it was repressed during World War I, German was the second most widely spoken language in the United States and many local governments, schools, and newspapers operated in German.
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    The word 'gymnasium' comes from the Greek word gymnazein which means 'to exercise naked.'"
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    Crayola is a French word that means 'Oily chalk.'"
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    More people in Africa speak French than in France itself.
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    The name Wendy was made up for the book Peter Pan.
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    The equivalents of the English saying "That's Greek to me" are "This appears to be Spanish" (German), "This is Chinese to me" (Dutch), "It's German to me" (Philippines), "It's Hebrew" (Finnish), "It's Chinese to me" (Hebrew), "Sounds like Mars language/These are chicken intestines" (China).
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    Canada is an Indian word meaning 'Big Village'.
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