The word 'gymnasium' comes from the Greek word gymnazein which means 'to exercise naked.'"
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The P.S. at the end of a letter stands for Post Script.
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There was no punctuation until the 15th century.
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Canada is an Indian word meaning 'Big Village'.
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There are only four words in the English language which end in “dous”:
tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
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The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is "uncopyrightable"!
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Thinking in a foreign language makes decisions more rational.
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