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    The most popular first name in the world is Muhammad!
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    The word "listen" contains the same letters as "silent."
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    The Danish word for condom is 'svangerskabsforebyggendemiddel'.
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    Ernest Vincent Wright wrote a novel, "Gadsby", which contains over 50,000 words -- none of them with the letter E!
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    In Denmark, "Fart-kontrol" means "Speed check".
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    Color Orange Named After The Fruit
    The color orange was named after the fruit and not the other way around.
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    Shakespeare invented over 1,700 words that we use today.
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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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