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    The Danish word for condom is 'svangerskabsforebyggendemiddel'.
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    Before WWI, German Was the Second Most Widely Spoken Language in the United States
    Before it was repressed during World War I, German was the second most widely spoken language in the United States and many local governments, schools, and newspapers operated in German.
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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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    The word "listen" contains the same letters as "silent."
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    When Washoe, the first chimp to use sign language, was told that her caretaker's baby had died, she signed "CRY."
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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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    More people in Africa speak French than in France itself.
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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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