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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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    The word "clitoris" comes from the Greek word meaning "side of a hill".
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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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    Strawberry Word Origin
    Strawberry Word Origin
    Nobody really knows where strawberries got their name.
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    The Danish word for condom is 'svangerskabsforebyggendemiddel'.
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    "Goodbye" came from "God bye" which came from "God be with you."
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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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    Switching letters is called spoonerism. For example, saying "jag of Flapan", instead of "flag of Japan".
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