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    Shakespeare's works contain first-ever recordings of 2,035 English words, including critical, frugal, excellent, barefaced, assassination, and countless.
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    Stressed is Desserts spelled backwards.
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    The word "pornography" comes from the Greek meaning the "writings of prostitutes."
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    More people in China speak English than in the United States.
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    The dot over the letter 'i' is called a tittle.
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    The word taxi is spelled the same in English, German, French, Swedish, Spanish and Portuguese.
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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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    Thinking in a foreign language makes decisions more rational.
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