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    Shakespeare invented over 1,700 words that we use today.
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    "Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt"!
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    Stressed is Desserts spelled backwards.
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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 word "listen" contains the same letters as "silent."
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    '⸮' is a punctuation mark that was first proposed in the 1580s to denote sarcasm or irony.
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    The phrase 'rule of thumb' is derived from and old English law which stated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb.
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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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