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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 distress code 'Mayday' comes from the French for help me, M'Aide!
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    In England, in the 1880's, 'Pants' was considered a dirty word.
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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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    The Danish word for condom is 'svangerskabsforebyggendemiddel'.
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    The name Wendy was made up for the book Peter Pan.
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    Beelzebub is Hebrew for 'Lord of the Flies'.
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    Iceland has been so culturally isolated through history since the Vikings, that compared to other Scandinavian counties, people who speak Icelandic can still read the old Norsk sagas.
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