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    The six official languages of the United Nations are Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish.
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    In 1700s, the deer skin was a common medium of exchange between the trading settlers and the native Red Indians in America. This is how a buck became a slang for a dollar.
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    TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard.
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    Strawberry Word Origin
    Strawberry Word Origin
    Nobody really knows where strawberries got their name.
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    '⸮' is a punctuation mark that was first proposed in the 1580s to denote sarcasm or irony.
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    The technical term for a cat’s hairball is a “bezoar.”
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    'Niblings' - Nieces and Nephews
    'Niblings' is the plural, gender-neutral term for nieces and nephews.
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    "Goodbye" came from "God bye" which came from "God be with you."
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