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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 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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    Stressed is Desserts spelled backwards.
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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 names of the continents all end with the same letter with which they start, excluding the North and South infront of AmericA.
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    "Stewardesses" is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand.
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    The word "clitoris" comes from the Greek word meaning "side of a hill".
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