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    Stressed is Desserts spelled backwards.
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    There are around 41,806 different spoken languages in the world today.
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    Strawberry Word Origin
    Strawberry Word Origin
    Nobody really knows where strawberries got their name.
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    The United States does not have an official language.
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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 Danish word for condom is 'svangerskabsforebyggendemiddel'.
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    Ioannis Ikonomou
    Ioannis Ikonomou
    The Chief Translator for the European Parliament can speak 32 different languages fluently.
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    The word "clitoris" comes from the Greek word meaning "side of a hill".
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