The word "impossible" dropped in use by 50% over the course of the 20th century
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The name Wendy was made up for the book Peter Pan.
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The word "gorilla" comes from a Greek word that means "a tribe of hairy women".
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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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Floccinaucinihilipilification, the declaration of an item being useless, is the longest non-medical term in the English language.
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French was the official language of England for over 600 years.
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