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'Go', is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.

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"Goodbye" came from "God bye" which came from "God be with you."

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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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'Niblings' is the plural, gender-neutral term for nieces and nephews.

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The Danish word for condom is 'svangerskabsforebyggendemiddel'.

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Iceland has been so culturally isolated through history since the Vikings, that compared to other Scandinavian counties, people who speak Icelandic can still read the old Norsk sagas.

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The Chief Translator for the European Parliament can speak 32 different languages fluently.

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