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    'Go', is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
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    Stressed is Desserts spelled backwards.
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    Strawberry Word Origin
    Strawberry Word Origin
    Nobody really knows where strawberries got their name.
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    Iceland has been so culturally isolated through history since the Vikings, that compared to other Scandinavian counties, people who speak Icelandic can still read the old Norsk sagas.
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    Didaskaleinophobia is the fear of going to school.
    Didaskaleinophobia is the fear of going to school.
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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 Danish word for condom is 'svangerskabsforebyggendemiddel'.
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    Dr. Seuss invented the word 'nerd'.
    Dr. Seuss invented the word 'nerd'.
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