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    The word "pornography" comes from the Greek meaning the "writings of prostitutes."
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    Crayola is a French word that means 'Oily chalk.'"
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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 United States does not have an official language.
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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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    There are only four words in the English language which end in “dous”:
    tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
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    The dab of toothpaste you squeeze onto your toothbrush is called a "nurdle".
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    The phrase 'rule of thumb' is derived from and old English law which stated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb.
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