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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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    There are only four words in the English language which end in “dous”:
    tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
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    A legend suggests that clans of long ago that wanted to get rid of their unwanted people without killing them used to burn their houses down - hence the expression "to get fired."
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    The word "clitoris" comes from the Greek word meaning "side of a hill".
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    In England, in the 1880's, "Pants" was considered a dirty word!
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    More people in China speak English than in the United States.
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