Random English Facts

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    The word "listen" contains the same letters as "silent."
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    The P.S. at the end of a letter stands for Post Script.
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    Floccinaucinihilipilification, the declaration of an item being useless, is the longest non-medical term in the English language.
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    The word "clitoris" comes from the Greek word meaning "side of a hill".
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    Stressed is Desserts spelled backwards.
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    "Goodbye" came from "God bye" which came from "God be with you."
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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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