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    Stressed is Desserts spelled backwards.
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    'Niblings' - Nieces and Nephews
    'Niblings' is the plural, gender-neutral term for nieces and nephews.
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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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    "Goodbye" came from "God bye" which came from "God be with you."
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    WAS IT A CAR OR A CAT I SAW.. 'WASITACARORACATISAW'.. This is the only English sentence which even if we read in reverse, it'll give the same sentence.
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    The word "listen" contains the same letters as "silent."
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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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    The word "impossible" dropped in use by 50% over the course of the 20th century
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