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    The six official languages of the United Nations are Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish.
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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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    'Niblings' - Nieces and Nephews
    'Niblings' is the plural, gender-neutral term for nieces and nephews.
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    '⸮' is a punctuation mark that was first proposed in the 1580s to denote sarcasm or irony.
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    A single banana is called a finger and a bunch of bananas is called a hand.
    A single banana is called a finger and a bunch of bananas is called a hand.
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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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    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 'mile' is derived from the Latin word for 1,000 - the number of paces it took the average Roman!
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