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    The words ‘racecar,’ ‘kayak’ and ‘level’ are the same whether
    they are read left to right or right to left (palindromes).
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    Shakespeare invented over 1,700 words that we use today.
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    The word 'mortgage' comes from a French law term that means 'death pledge'.
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    Floccinaucinihilipilification, the declaration of an item being useless, is the longest non-medical term in the English language.
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    The word taxi is spelled the same in English, German, French, Swedish, Spanish and Portuguese.
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    Beelzebub is Hebrew for 'Lord of the Flies'.
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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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    "Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt"!
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