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    TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard.
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    "Goodbye" came from "God bye" which came from "God be with you."
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    The P.S. at the end of a letter stands for Post Script.
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    The six official languages of the United Nations are Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish.
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    The technical term for a cat’s hairball is a “bezoar.”
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    English sailors were referred to as "limeys" because sailors added lime juice to their diet to combat scurvy.
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