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    The name Wendy was made up for the book Peter Pan.
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    The word 'gymnasium' comes from the Greek word gymnazein which means 'to exercise naked.'"
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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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    Beelzebub is Hebrew for 'Lord of the Flies'.
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    The word "clitoris" comes from the Greek word meaning "side of a hill".
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    Canada is an Indian word meaning 'Big Village'.
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