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    The dot over the letter 'i' is called a tittle.
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    There are around 41,806 different spoken languages in the world today.
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    The word "pornography" comes from the Greek meaning the "writings of prostitutes."
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    Crayola is a French word that means 'Oily chalk.'"
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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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