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    The word "clitoris" comes from the Greek word meaning "side of a hill".
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    Pokémon is Japanese for Pocket Monsters and Chinpokomon (the South Park parody) is Japanese for Penis Monsters.
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    Dr. Seuss invented the word 'nerd'.
    Dr. Seuss invented the word 'nerd'.
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    The word 'mortgage' comes from a French law term that means 'death pledge'.
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    The Danish word for condom is 'svangerskabsforebyggendemiddel'.
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    Thinking in a foreign language makes decisions more rational.
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    'Go', is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
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    Before WWI, German Was the Second Most Widely Spoken Language in the United States
    Before it was repressed during World War I, German was the second most widely spoken language in the United States and many local governments, schools, and newspapers operated in German.
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