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    The word "clitoris" comes from the Greek word meaning "side of a hill".
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    'Go', is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
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    "Goodbye" came from "God bye" which came from "God be with you."
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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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    There are only four words in the English language which end in “dous”:
    tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
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    Switching letters is called spoonerism. For example, saying "jag of Flapan", instead of "flag of Japan".
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    Didaskaleinophobia is the fear of going to school.
    Didaskaleinophobia is the fear of going to school.
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    The word 'mile' is derived from the Latin word for 1,000 - the number of paces it took the average Roman!
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