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    The Simpsons are responsible for popularizing the word 'meh'.
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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 word "gorilla" comes from a Greek word that means "a tribe of hairy women".
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    Stressed is Desserts spelled backwards.
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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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    WAS IT A CAR OR A CAT I SAW.. 'WASITACARORACATISAW'.. This is the only English sentence which even if we read in reverse, it'll give the same sentence.
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    "Goodbye" came from "God bye" which came from "God be with you."
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    'Go', is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
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