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    'Go', is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
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    Crayola is a French word that means 'Oily chalk.'"
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    In England, in the 1880's, 'Pants' was considered a dirty word.
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    The word "listen" contains the same letters as "silent."
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    The word "pornography" comes from the Greek meaning the "writings of prostitutes."
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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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    Stressed is Desserts spelled backwards.
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