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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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    Pokémon is Japanese for Pocket Monsters and Chinpokomon (the South Park parody) is Japanese for Penis Monsters.
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    In Denmark, "Fart-kontrol" means "Speed check".
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    Stressed is Desserts spelled backwards.
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    '⸮' is a punctuation mark that was first proposed in the 1580s to denote sarcasm or irony.
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    "Goodbye" came from "God bye" which came from "God be with you."
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    The word "clitoris" comes from the Greek word meaning "side of a hill".
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    The Danish word for condom is 'svangerskabsforebyggendemiddel'.
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