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    The words ‘racecar,’ ‘kayak’ and ‘level’ are the same whether
    they are read left to right or right to left (palindromes).
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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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    Shakespeare's works contain first-ever recordings of 2,035 English words, including critical, frugal, excellent, barefaced, assassination, and countless.
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    There was no punctuation until the 15th century.
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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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