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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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    There are only four words in the English language which end in “dous”:
    tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
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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 Chinese ideogram for 'trouble' depicts two women living under one roof.
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    There was no punctuation until the 15th century.
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    Canada is an Indian word meaning 'Big Village'.
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    The word "pornography" comes from the Greek meaning the "writings of prostitutes."
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