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    French was the official language of England for over 600 years.
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    There are around 41,806 different spoken languages in the world today.
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    There was no punctuation until the 15th century.
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    Shakespeare's works contain first-ever recordings of 2,035 English words, including critical, frugal, excellent, barefaced, assassination, and countless.
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    Q is the only letter in the alphabet that does not appear in the name of any of the United States!
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    The word "clitoris" comes from the Greek word meaning "side of a hill".
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    The six official languages of the United Nations are Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish.
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    The distress code 'Mayday' comes from the French for help me, M'Aide!
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