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    "Goodbye" came from "God bye" which came from "God be with you."
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    The dot over the letter 'i' is called a tittle.
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    The word 'gymnasium' comes from the Greek word gymnazein which means 'to exercise naked.'"
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    The longest word in the English language with no vowels is Rhythms!
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    A legend suggests that clans of long ago that wanted to get rid of their unwanted people without killing them used to burn their houses down - hence the expression "to get fired."
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    Beelzebub is Hebrew for 'Lord of the Flies'.
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    Floccinaucinihilipilification, the declaration of an item being useless, is the longest non-medical term in the English language.
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