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The longest word in the English language, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis. It is a a pneumoconiosis caused by the inhalation of very fine silicate or quartz dust. The only other word with the same amount of letters is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconioses, its plural.
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The longest word that can be typed using on the right hand is 'lollipop'.
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The Looney Tunes song is actually called "The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down."
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The magic word "Abracadabra" was originally intended for the specific purpose of curing hay fever.
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The male Californian sea-otter grips the nose of the female with his teeth during mating.
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The Marque de Sade wrote ' The 120 days of Sodom ' on a 120 metre roll of paper while imprisoned in the Bastille.
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The Marx Brothers (Chico, Harpo, Groucho, and Zeppo) were actually named respectively Leonard, Adolph, Julius, and Hebert.
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The Matami Tribe of West Africa play a version of football, the only difference being that they use a human skull instead of a more normal ball.
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The mathematician Cardano was imprisoned for doing the horoscope of Jesus Christ.
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The Mauna Loa volcano in Hawaii is the largest volcano on Earth. It rises more than 50,000 feet (9.5 miles or 15.2 kilometres) above its base, which sits under the surface of the sea.
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