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    Pinocchio is Italian for "pine eye"!
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    Crayola is a French word that means 'Oily chalk.'"
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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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    The word 'gymnasium' comes from the Greek word gymnazein which means 'to exercise naked.'"
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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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    WAS IT A CAR OR A CAT I SAW.. 'WASITACARORACATISAW'.. This is the only English sentence which even if we read in reverse, it'll give the same sentence.
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    The word "clitoris" comes from the Greek word meaning "side of a hill".
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    In England, in the 1880's, "Pants" was considered a dirty word!
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