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    There is a 600 year old 240 paged book called the Voynich Manuscript, that’s written language is still completely unknown today.
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    'Go', is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
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    The Danish word for condom is 'svangerskabsforebyggendemiddel'.
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    More people in Africa speak French than in France itself.
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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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    The word "listen" contains the same letters as "silent."
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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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