The word 'gymnasium' comes from the Greek word gymnazein which means 'to exercise naked.'"
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Switching letters is called spoonerism. For example, saying "jag of Flapan", instead of "flag of Japan".
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"Goodbye" came from "God bye" which came from "God be with you."
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The word 'mile' is derived from the Latin word for 1,000 - the number of paces it took the average Roman!
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The onion is named after the Latin word 'unio' meaning large pearl.
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The word 'News' is actually an acronym standing for the 4 cardinal compass points - North, East, West, and South!
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