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    The word "clitoris" comes from the Greek word meaning "side of a hill".
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    The word "gorilla" comes from a Greek word that means "a tribe of hairy women".
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    Floccinaucinihilipilification, the declaration of an item being useless, is the longest non-medical term in the English language.
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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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    The United States does not have an official language.
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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 name Wendy was made up for the book Peter Pan.
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    'Vodka' is Russian for 'little water'.
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