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    The word 'gymnasium' comes from the Greek word gymnazein which means 'to exercise naked.'"
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    Canada is an Indian word meaning 'Big Village'.
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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 only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is "uncopyrightable"!
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    There are no words in the dictionary that rhyme with: orange, purple, and month! Interesting tries from our readers: orange: door hinge, melange (French for mix) purple: hurtle, durple?, turtle month: once, bunth?, hunch
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    The word 'Indiana' is Native American for 'Land of the Indians', yet less than 16,000 Native Americans live there.
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    The most popular first name in the world is Muhammad!
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