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    The word 'gymnasium' comes from the Greek word gymnazein which means 'to exercise naked.'"
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    In England, in the 1880's, "Pants" was considered a dirty word!
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    The word 'mortgage' comes from a French law term that means 'death pledge'.
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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 "pornography" comes from the Greek meaning the "writings of prostitutes."
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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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    The distress code 'Mayday' comes from the French for help me, M'Aide!
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    Stressed is Desserts spelled backwards.
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