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    The distress code 'Mayday' comes from the French for help me, M'Aide!
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    The word "clitoris" comes from the Greek word meaning "side of a hill".
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    Hoover vacuum cleaners were so popular in the UK that many people now refer to vacuuming as hoovering.
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    'Vodka' is Russian for 'little water'.
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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 longest word in the English language with no vowels is Rhythms!
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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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