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    The Bible has been translated into Klingon.
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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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    The word "listen" contains the same letters as "silent."
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    In Denmark, "Fart-kontrol" means "Speed check".
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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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    "Goodbye" came from "God bye" which came from "God be with you."
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    'Go', is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
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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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