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Texts: There are around 700 Bazooka Joe comics in gums. Children on Java began as early on smoking that some had expressed their cigarettes to can be silent. The children are often breastfed over a period of several years, at the end many had already started smoking. To help in planning the winding paths of Trianonparks in Versailles, a drinker were allowed to wander through the grounds. The paths follow his aimless wanderings. This happened in 1800. The aim was to create a complex design. Playing cards were originally used to predict the future, and not to play. It was not until the 16th century obtained the cards its present form and the use that they have today. On the Baltic island of Gotland certain a law from the 16th century, that the penalty for touching the leg of a woman is, the lower the higher the point was, on the one touched them. Every touch above the knee was considered 'shameless touch', which was not an offense. 'If it ever happens, it will most so have', said the lawmakers. Parents in Gaston County, USA, demanded that Germany and Africa would have to be removed from all school maps because of the prevailing anti-Christian views. They were considering also that the teachings of the Greek alphabet meant consent to homosexuality. This happened in 1994. From the castle were the rulers protect their lands within approximately 16 kilometers. They therefore needed numerous castles. In France, there are approximately 5000 ruins. Good archers could shoot up to 10 arrows per minute. In the Middle Ages knights should be gallant. This means: brave and polite. The moats were the dumping ground of the castle. Toilets in castles were called 'privy' or 'Abort'. Güllner was the one who cleaned the toilets. In the Harry Potter books Hogwarts is probably in Scotland. In the film, but was an English castle as a template. Chess - with his pawns Bauer, lady, knight, and so on - is played since the 6th century. The solid piece at the end of the lace is needle or pin. The longest word in the dictionary has 36 letters: motor vehicle liability insurance. Our active vocabulary averages 12000-16000 words. we can understand of 50 per 000 words. The most common words in novels are man, woman and hand. In general texts there are year, PM and percent. Most German nouns are female. The German has 300,000 to 500,000 words and is therefore behind English with 600,000 to 800,000 words. Mustard, hemp, Five and Geneva are the only German words that end in -nf. The Albanian knows 27 words for mustache. 23 world languages ​​are spoken by each more than 50 million people. The name 'Pacific' is derived from Mare Pacific Ocean, Latin for peaceful sea. The superstitious fear of the number 13 is Triskaidekaphobie. Palindrome called words, the same are read backwards and forwards as kayaking, Relief pillar or Anna.

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