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    Shakespeare invented over 1,700 words that we use today.
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    French was the official language of England for over 600 years.
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    Switching letters is called spoonerism. For example, saying "jag of Flapan", instead of "flag of Japan".
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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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    The distress code 'Mayday' comes from the French for help me, M'Aide!
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    The Hawaiian alphabet has 13 letters.
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    The word "listen" contains the same letters as "silent."
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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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