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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 "listen" contains the same letters as "silent."
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    The distress code 'Mayday' comes from the French for help me, M'Aide!
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    A legend suggests that clans of long ago that wanted to get rid of their unwanted people without killing them used to burn their houses down - hence the expression "to get fired."
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    The name Wendy was made up for the book Peter Pan.
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    French was the official language of England for over 600 years.
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