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    The word 'gymnasium' comes from the Greek word gymnazein which means 'to exercise naked.'"
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    The United States does not have an official language.
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    Beelzebub is Hebrew for 'Lord of the Flies'.
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    In England, in the 1880's, 'Pants' was considered a dirty word.
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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 name Wendy was made up for the book Peter Pan.
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    Iceland has been so culturally isolated through history since the Vikings, that compared to other Scandinavian counties, people who speak Icelandic can still read the old Norsk sagas.
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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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