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    The word 'gymnasium' comes from the Greek word gymnazein which means 'to exercise naked.'"
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    More people in Africa speak French than in France itself.
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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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    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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    In England, in the 1880's, 'Pants' was considered a dirty word.
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    More people in China speak English than in the United States.
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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 sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over a lazy dog." uses every letter of the alphabet!
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