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    The word 'mortgage' comes from a French law term that means 'death pledge'.
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    The word "clitoris" comes from the Greek word meaning "side of a hill".
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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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    The word "listen" contains the same letters as "silent."
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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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    The word 'gymnasium' comes from the Greek word gymnazein which means 'to exercise naked.'"
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    Color Orange Named After The Fruit
    The color orange was named after the fruit and not the other way around.
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    Floccinaucinihilipilification, the declaration of an item being useless, is the longest non-medical term in the English language.
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