The word 'gymnasium' comes from the Greek word gymnazein which means 'to exercise naked.'"
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The word Tips is actually an acronym standing for 'To Insure Prompt Service'.
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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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Before the English speaking world was exposed to the fruit, the color orange was referred to as “geoluhread” which is Old English for red-yellow.
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'⸮' is a punctuation mark that was first proposed in the 1580s to denote sarcasm or irony.
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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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The Chinese ideogram for 'trouble' depicts two women living under one roof.
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