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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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    "Stewardesses" is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand.
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    The Danish word for condom is 'svangerskabsforebyggendemiddel'.
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    In Denmark, "Fart-kontrol" means "Speed check".
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    Pokémon is Japanese for Pocket Monsters and Chinpokomon (the South Park parody) is Japanese for Penis Monsters.
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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 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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