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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 '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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    "Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt"!
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    The word "clitoris" comes from the Greek word meaning "side of a hill".
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    More people in China speak English than in the United States.
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    Crayola is a French word that means 'Oily chalk.'"
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