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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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    There are no words in the dictionary that rhyme with: orange, purple, and month! Interesting tries from our readers: orange: door hinge, melange (French for mix) purple: hurtle, durple?, turtle month: once, bunth?, hunch
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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 longest word in the English language is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconioses!
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    The sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over a lazy dog." uses every letter of the alphabet!
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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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    French was the official language of England for over 600 years.
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    Shakespeare invented over 1,700 words that we use today.
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