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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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    'Go', is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
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    "Goodbye" came from "God bye" which came from "God be with you."
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    The sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over a lazy dog." uses every letter of the alphabet!
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    The dab of toothpaste you squeeze onto your toothbrush is called a "nurdle".
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    The distress code 'Mayday' comes from the French for help me, M'Aide!
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    The word 'Indiana' is Native American for 'Land of the Indians', yet less than 16,000 Native Americans live there.
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    The word "clitoris" comes from the Greek word meaning "side of a hill".
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