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    The distress code 'Mayday' comes from the French for help me, M'Aide!
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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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    Canada is an Indian word meaning 'Big Village'.
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    WAS IT A CAR OR A CAT I SAW.. 'WASITACARORACATISAW'.. This is the only English sentence which even if we read in reverse, it'll give the same sentence.
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    'Go', is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
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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 only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is "uncopyrightable"!
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