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    The word "clitoris" comes from the Greek word meaning "side of a hill".
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    The Hawaiian alphabet has 13 letters.
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    Pinocchio is Italian for "pine eye"!
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    WAS IT A CAR OR A CAT I SAW.. 'WASITACARORACATISAW'.. This is the only English sentence which even if we read in reverse, it'll give the same sentence.
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    The dot over the letter 'i' is called a tittle.
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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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    The word taxi is spelled the same in English, German, French, Swedish, Spanish and Portuguese.
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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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