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English feels official in these 5 countries—even though it isn’t

You probably know English dominates globally, spoken by well over a billion people across continents. What might surprise you ...
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Book excerpt: How the Dutch and English reached a deal for the peaceful transfer of New Netherland

Excerpted from Taking Manhattan: The Extraordinary Events That Created New York and Shaped America. Copyright (c) 2025 by Russell Shorto. Used with permission of the ...