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    The word 'set' has more definitions than any other word in the English language.
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    The word 'gymnasium' comes from the Greek word gymnazein which means 'to exercise naked.'"
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    "Goodbye" came from "God bye" which came from "God be with you."
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    More people in Africa speak French than in France itself.
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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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    Hoover vacuum cleaners were so popular in the UK that many people now refer to vacuuming as hoovering.
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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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    Before WWI, German Was the Second Most Widely Spoken Language in the United States
    Before it was repressed during World War I, German was the second most widely spoken language in the United States and many local governments, schools, and newspapers operated in German.
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