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    Canada is an Indian word meaning 'Big Village'.
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    Ernest Vincent Wright wrote a novel, "Gadsby", which contains over 50,000 words -- none of them with the letter E!
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    The longest word in the English language with no vowels is Rhythms!
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    The word 'News' is actually an acronym standing for the 4 cardinal compass points - North, East, West, and South!
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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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    "Goodbye" came from "God bye" which came from "God be with you."
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    The Danish word for condom is 'svangerskabsforebyggendemiddel'.
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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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