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    Q is the only letter in the alphabet that does not appear in the name of any of the United States!
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    The word "clitoris" comes from the Greek word meaning "side of a hill".
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    In England, in the 1880's, "Pants" was considered a dirty word!
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    Dr. Seuss invented the word 'nerd'.
    Dr. Seuss invented the word 'nerd'.
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    The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is "uncopyrightable"!
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    Shakespeare's works contain first-ever recordings of 2,035 English words, including critical, frugal, excellent, barefaced, assassination, and countless.
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    The equivalents of the English saying "That's Greek to me" are "This appears to be Spanish" (German), "This is Chinese to me" (Dutch), "It's German to me" (Philippines), "It's Hebrew" (Finnish), "It's Chinese to me" (Hebrew), "Sounds like Mars language/These are chicken intestines" (China).
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    The longest word in the English language is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconioses!
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