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    The word 'News' is actually an acronym standing for the 4 cardinal compass points - North, East, West, and South!
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    'Vodka' is Russian for 'little water'.
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    The distress code 'Mayday' comes from the French for help me, M'Aide!
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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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    The word "clitoris" comes from the Greek word meaning "side of a hill".
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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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