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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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    The Danish word for condom is 'svangerskabsforebyggendemiddel'.
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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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    Switching letters is called spoonerism. For example, saying "jag of Flapan", instead of "flag of Japan".
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    '⸮' is a punctuation mark that was first proposed in the 1580s to denote sarcasm or irony.
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    Didaskaleinophobia is the fear of going to school.
    Didaskaleinophobia is the fear of going to school.
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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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    The word "gorilla" comes from a Greek word that means "a tribe of hairy women".
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