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    The word taxi is spelled the same in English, German, French, Swedish, Spanish and Portuguese.
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    China has more English speakers than the United States.
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    Stressed is Desserts spelled backwards.
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    The longest word in the English language is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconioses!
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    The distress code 'Mayday' comes from the French for help me, M'Aide!
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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 "gorilla" comes from a Greek word that means "a tribe of hairy women".
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    Floccinaucinihilipilification, the declaration of an item being useless, is the longest non-medical term in the English language.
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