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    The dot over the letter 'i' is called a tittle.
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    Beelzebub is Hebrew for 'Lord of the Flies'.
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    In England, in the 1880's, "Pants" was considered a dirty word!
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    The name Wendy was made up for the book Peter Pan.
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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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    There are around 41,806 different spoken languages in the world today.
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    The word "clitoris" comes from the Greek word meaning "side of a hill".
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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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