The word 'gymnasium' comes from the Greek word gymnazein which means 'to exercise naked.'"
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The word "listen" contains the same letters as "silent."
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'Vodka' is Russian for 'little water'.
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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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The word "clitoris" comes from the Greek word meaning "side of a hill".
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More people in Africa speak French than in France itself.
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The six official languages of the United Nations are Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish.
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