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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 word "pornography" comes from the Greek meaning the "writings of prostitutes."
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    Color Orange Named After The Fruit
    The color orange was named after the fruit and not the other way around.
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    The most used letter in the English alphabet is 'E', and 'Q' is the least used!
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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 Hawaiian alphabet has 13 letters.
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    "Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt"!
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    There are around 41,806 different spoken languages in the world today.
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