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    French was the official language of England for over 600 years.
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    '⸮' is a punctuation mark that was first proposed in the 1580s to denote sarcasm or irony.
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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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    Beelzebub is Hebrew for 'Lord of the Flies'.
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    The most popular first name in the world is Muhammad!
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    There are only four words in the English language which end in “dous”:
    tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
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    The word taxi is spelled the same in English, German, French, Swedish, Spanish and Portuguese.
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    Crayola is a French word that means 'Oily chalk.'"
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