There are only four words in the English language which end in “dous”:
tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
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If a native Hawaiian woman places the flower on her right ear, she is available. (The bigger the flower, the more desperate!)
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Only about 2% of the world population has green eyes.
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Hot water can freeze faster than cold water.
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Placing alcohol on a scorpion's back will make it go crazy and fatally sting itself.
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When someone looks at a new love, the neural circuits that are usually associated with social judgment are suppressed.
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In Turkish, the bird we call a Turkey is called "Hindi" ("from India"). In India, it's called "Peru." In Arabic, the bird is called "Greek chicken"; in Greek it's called "French chicken"; and in French it's called "Indian chicken." The bird is indigenous to none of these places.
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