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    The six official languages of the United Nations are Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish.
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    The longest word in the English language with no vowels is Rhythms!
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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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    The word "listen" contains the same letters as "silent."
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    The word "pornography" comes from the Greek meaning the "writings of prostitutes."
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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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    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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    In England, in the 1880's, "Pants" was considered a dirty word!
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