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    The word 'gymnasium' comes from the Greek word gymnazein which means 'to exercise naked.'"
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    Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch procejt at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosnt mttaer waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter b
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    There was no punctuation until the 15th century.
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    Crayola is a French word that means 'Oily chalk.'"
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    Ernest Vincent Wright wrote a novel, "Gadsby", which contains over 50,000 words -- none of them with the letter E!
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    The Chinese ideogram for 'trouble' depicts two women living under one roof.
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