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    The six official languages of the United Nations are Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish.
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    'Vodka' is Russian for 'little water'.
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    The word 'gymnasium' comes from the Greek word gymnazein which means 'to exercise naked.'"
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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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    Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch procejt at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosnt mttaer waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter b
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    There was no punctuation until the 15th century.
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