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    The word 'gymnasium' comes from the Greek word gymnazein which means 'to exercise naked.'"
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    The word "gorilla" comes from a Greek word that means "a tribe of hairy women".
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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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    The word "listen" contains the same letters as "silent."
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    Hoover vacuum cleaners were so popular in the UK that many people now refer to vacuuming as hoovering.
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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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    More people in China speak English than in the United States.
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    Stressed is Desserts spelled backwards.
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