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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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    Beelzebub is Hebrew for 'Lord of the Flies'.
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    'Go', is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
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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 word 'mile' is derived from the Latin word for 1,000 - the number of paces it took the average Roman!
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    A “butt” was a Medieval unit of measure for wine. Technically, a 'buttload' of wine is about 475 liters, or 126 gallons.
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    Before WWI, German Was the Second Most Widely Spoken Language in the United States
    Before it was repressed during World War I, German was the second most widely spoken language in the United States and many local governments, schools, and newspapers operated in German.
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    The longest word in the English language with no vowels is Rhythms!
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