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    In Denmark, "Fart-kontrol" means "Speed check".
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    The United States does not have an official language.
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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 name Wendy was made up for the book Peter Pan.
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    The word "impossible" dropped in use by 50% over the course of the 20th century
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    The distress code 'Mayday' comes from the French for help me, M'Aide!
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    The longest word in the English language is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconioses!
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    Pinocchio is Italian for "pine eye"!
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