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    Canada is an Indian word meaning 'Big Village'.
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    'Vodka' is Russian for 'little water'.
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    Stressed is Desserts spelled backwards.
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    The word 'gymnasium' comes from the Greek word gymnazein which means 'to exercise naked.'"
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    The word "pornography" comes from the Greek meaning the "writings of prostitutes."
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    Q is the only letter in the alphabet that does not appear in the name of any of the United States!
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    There was no punctuation until the 15th century.
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