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    The word 'gymnasium' comes from the Greek word gymnazein which means 'to exercise naked.'"
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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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    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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    More people in China speak English than in the United States.
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    The word "listen" contains the same letters as "silent."
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