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    The word "gorilla" comes from a Greek word that means "a tribe of hairy women".
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    More people in China speak English than in the United States.
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    More people in Africa speak French than in France itself.
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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 is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconioses!
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    Shakespeare's works contain first-ever recordings of 2,035 English words, including critical, frugal, excellent, barefaced, assassination, and countless.
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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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    "Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt"!
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