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    The word "gorilla" comes from a Greek word that means "a tribe of hairy women".
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    The word "clitoris" comes from the Greek word meaning "side of a hill".
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    Hoover vacuum cleaners were so popular in the UK that many people now refer to vacuuming as hoovering.
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    The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is "uncopyrightable"!
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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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    The Hawaiian alphabet has 13 letters.
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    The words ‘racecar,’ ‘kayak’ and ‘level’ are the same whether
    they are read left to right or right to left (palindromes).
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