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    Crayola is a French word that means 'Oily chalk.'"
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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 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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    The longest word in the English language with no vowels is Rhythms!
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    A legend suggests that clans of long ago that wanted to get rid of their unwanted people without killing them used to burn their houses down - hence the expression "to get fired."
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    The dab of toothpaste you squeeze onto your toothbrush is called a "nurdle".
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    In Denmark, "Fart-kontrol" means "Speed check".
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    The longest word in the English language is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconioses!
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