Allow users to define the cardinality threshold for dictionary reads
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### Is your feature request related to a problem or challenge?
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### Describe the solution you'd like
Add a config option to set a cardinality threshold, so columns above it are read as regular strings instead of dictionaries.
for example
```
SET datafusion.parquet.dict_threshold = 0.2 # dataset must have less than 20% unqiue values
```
or
```
SET datafusion.parquet.dict_threshold = 200 # 200 unique values max
```
we can support both but im leaning towards supporting a percentage threshold.
### Describe alternatives you've considered
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### Additional context
#24111
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