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    "Goodbye" came from "God bye" which came from "God be with you."
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    The word 'set' has more definitions than any other word in the English language.
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    Pinocchio is Italian for "pine eye"!
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    The word 'News' is actually an acronym standing for the 4 cardinal compass points - North, East, West, and South!
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    The word 'Indiana' is Native American for 'Land of the Indians', yet less than 16,000 Native Americans live there.
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    The word "pornography" comes from the Greek meaning the "writings of prostitutes."
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    There was no punctuation until the 15th century.
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