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    More people in China speak English than in the United States.
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    Pinocchio is Italian for "pine eye"!
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    Canada is an Indian word meaning 'Big Village'.
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    The P.S. at the end of a letter stands for Post Script.
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    The word 'Indiana' is Native American for 'Land of the Indians', yet less than 16,000 Native Americans live there.
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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 distress code 'Mayday' comes from the French for help me, M'Aide!
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    In England, in the 1880's, "Pants" was considered a dirty word!
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