Floccinaucinihilipilification, the declaration of an item being useless, is the longest non-medical term in the English language.
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There are around 41,806 different spoken languages in the world today.
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In England, in the 1880's, 'Pants' was considered a dirty word.
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The dab of toothpaste you squeeze onto your toothbrush is called a "nurdle".
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There are only four words in the English language which end in “dous”:
tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
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The distress code 'Mayday' comes from the French for help me, M'Aide!
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China has more English speakers than the United States.
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The word 'gymnasium' comes from the Greek word gymnazein which means 'to exercise naked.'"
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