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    The word 'News' is actually an acronym standing for the 4 cardinal compass points - North, East, West, and South!
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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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    Crayola is a French word that means 'Oily chalk.'"
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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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    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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    'Go', is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
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    In England, in the 1880's, "Pants" was considered a dirty word!
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    There are around 41,806 different spoken languages in the world today.
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