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    The name Wendy was made up for the book Peter Pan.
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    China has more English speakers than the United States.
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    Pinocchio is Italian for "pine eye"!
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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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    In England, in the 1880's, "Pants" was considered a dirty word!
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    The distress code 'Mayday' comes from the French for help me, M'Aide!
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    There are no words in the dictionary that rhyme with: orange, purple, and month! Interesting tries from our readers: orange: door hinge, melange (French for mix) purple: hurtle, durple?, turtle month: once, bunth?, hunch
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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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