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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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    Strawberry Word Origin
    Strawberry Word Origin
    Nobody really knows where strawberries got their name.
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    The technical term for a cat’s hairball is a “bezoar.”
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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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    A “butt” was a Medieval unit of measure for wine. Technically, a 'buttload' of wine is about 475 liters, or 126 gallons.
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    The word "clitoris" comes from the Greek word meaning "side of a hill".
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    The six official languages of the United Nations are Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish.
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