French was the official language of England for over 600 years.
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There was no punctuation until the 15th century.
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The word 'mortgage' comes from a French law term that means 'death pledge'.
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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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Ernest Vincent Wright wrote a novel, "Gadsby", which contains over 50,000 words -- none of them with the letter E!
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'Vodka' is Russian for 'little water'.
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"Goodbye" came from "God bye" which came from "God be with you."
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China has more English speakers than the United States.
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