Floccinaucinihilipilification, the declaration of an item being useless, is the longest non-medical term in the English language.
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The word 'gymnasium' comes from the Greek word gymnazein which means 'to exercise naked.'"
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"Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt"!
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A legend suggests that clans of long ago that wanted to get rid of their unwanted people without killing them used to burn their houses down - hence the expression "to get fired."
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Thinking in a foreign language makes decisions more rational.
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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 Danish word for condom is 'svangerskabsforebyggendemiddel'.
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The phrase 'rule of thumb' is derived from and old English law which stated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb.
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