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    The word "pornography" comes from the Greek meaning the "writings of prostitutes."
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    The six official languages of the United Nations are Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish.
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    Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch procejt at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosnt mttaer waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter b
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    The words ‘racecar,’ ‘kayak’ and ‘level’ are the same whether
    they are read left to right or right to left (palindromes).
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    Canada is an Indian word meaning 'Big Village'.
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    There are around 41,806 different spoken languages in the world today.
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    There was no punctuation until the 15th century.
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