The word 'gymnasium' comes from the Greek word gymnazein which means 'to exercise naked.'"
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The onion is named after the Latin word 'unio' meaning large pearl.
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'Vodka' is Russian for 'little water'.
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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 sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over a lazy dog." uses every letter of the alphabet!
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Thinking in a foreign language makes decisions more rational.
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The word "clitoris" comes from the Greek word meaning "side of a hill".
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Iceland has been so culturally isolated through history since the Vikings, that compared to other Scandinavian counties, people who speak Icelandic can still read the old Norsk sagas.
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