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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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    In England, in the 1880's, 'Pants' was considered a dirty word.
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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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    The word 'Indiana' is Native American for 'Land of the Indians', yet less than 16,000 Native Americans live there.
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    The United States does not have an official language.
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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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    China has more English speakers than the United States.
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