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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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    The phrase 'rule of thumb' is derived from and old English law which stated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb.
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    In England, in the 1880's, "Pants" was considered a dirty word!
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    Crayola is a French word that means 'Oily chalk.'"
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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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    Shakespeare invented over 1,700 words that we use today.
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    The distress code 'Mayday' comes from the French for help me, M'Aide!
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