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    The Danish word for condom is 'svangerskabsforebyggendemiddel'.
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    The word "clitoris" comes from the Greek word meaning "side of a hill".
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    "Stewardesses" is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand.
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    There are around 41,806 different spoken languages in the world today.
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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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