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    The word "pornography" comes from the Greek meaning the "writings of prostitutes."
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    Before the English speaking world was exposed to the fruit, the color orange was referred to as “geoluhread” which is Old English for red-yellow.
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    Q is the only letter in the alphabet that does not appear in the name of any of the United States!
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    The word "clitoris" comes from the Greek word meaning "side of a hill".
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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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    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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    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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    Beelzebub is Hebrew for 'Lord of the Flies'.
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