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    The words ‘racecar,’ ‘kayak’ and ‘level’ are the same whether
    they are read left to right or right to left (palindromes).
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    The word 'gymnasium' comes from the Greek word gymnazein which means 'to exercise naked.'"
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    The six official languages of the United Nations are Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish.
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    The onion is named after the Latin word 'unio' meaning large pearl.
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    'Vodka' is Russian for 'little water'.
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    In England, in the 1880's, 'Pants' was considered a dirty word.
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    The word "clitoris" comes from the Greek word meaning "side of a hill".
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