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    Shakespeare invented over 1,700 words that we use today.
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    The sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over a lazy dog." uses every letter of the alphabet!
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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 Danish word for condom is 'svangerskabsforebyggendemiddel'.
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    The word "pornography" comes from the Greek meaning the "writings of prostitutes."
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    The distress code 'Mayday' comes from the French for help me, M'Aide!
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    Crayola is a French word that means 'Oily chalk.'"
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    Hoover vacuum cleaners were so popular in the UK that many people now refer to vacuuming as hoovering.
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