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    The word "clitoris" comes from the Greek word meaning "side of a hill".
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    There are no words in the dictionary that rhyme with: orange, purple, and month! Interesting tries from our readers: orange: door hinge, melange (French for mix) purple: hurtle, durple?, turtle month: once, bunth?, hunch
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    Ernest Vincent Wright wrote a novel, "Gadsby", which contains over 50,000 words -- none of them with the letter E!
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    Before WWI, German Was the Second Most Widely Spoken Language in the United States
    Before it was repressed during World War I, German was the second most widely spoken language in the United States and many local governments, schools, and newspapers operated in German.
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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 China speak English than in the United States.
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    Color Orange Named After The Fruit
    The color orange was named after the fruit and not the other way around.
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    The word 'set' has more definitions than any other word in the English language.
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