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    There are only four words in the English language which end in “dous”:
    tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
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    The word "clitoris" comes from the Greek word meaning "side of a hill".
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    The six official languages of the United Nations are Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish.
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    Canada is an Indian word meaning 'Big Village'.
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    'Vodka' is Russian for 'little water'.
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    Color Orange Named After The Fruit
    The color orange was named after the fruit and not the other way around.
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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 name Wendy was made up for the book Peter Pan.
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