The word 'gymnasium' comes from the Greek word gymnazein which means 'to exercise naked.'"
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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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Before the English speaking world was exposed to the fruit, the color orange was referred to as “geoluhread” which is Old English for red-yellow.
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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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French was the official language of England for over 600 years.
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The onion is named after the Latin word 'unio' meaning large pearl.
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The word "clitoris" comes from the Greek word meaning "side of a hill".
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