A myth in Germany states that "German almost became official language of the USA". Actually there was a petition on having the laws written in German beside English, which was rejected by 1 vote.
For the confused: this is a reference to the time around the year 1066 when the English king died with no heir and there were three main factions fighting for control of the throne. The English claimant defeated the Norwegians but quickly lost to the Norman-French.
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