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    The word taxi is spelled the same in English, German, French, Swedish, Spanish and Portuguese.
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    Beelzebub is Hebrew for 'Lord of the Flies'.
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    Ernest Vincent Wright wrote a novel, "Gadsby", which contains over 50,000 words -- none of them with the letter E!
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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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    'Go', is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
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    Stressed is Desserts spelled backwards.
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    More people in China speak English than in the United States.
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