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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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    Ioannis Ikonomou
    Ioannis Ikonomou
    The Chief Translator for the European Parliament can speak 32 different languages fluently.
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    Pinocchio is Italian for "pine eye"!
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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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    The distress code 'Mayday' comes from the French for help me, M'Aide!
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    "Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt"!
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    The six official languages of the United Nations are Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish.
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    More people in Africa speak French than in France itself.
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