The word 'gymnasium' comes from the Greek word gymnazein which means 'to exercise naked.'"
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Before the English speaking world was exposed to the fruit, the color orange was referred to as “geoluhread” which is Old English for red-yellow.
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The word 'mortgage' comes from a French law term that means 'death pledge'.
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Crayola is a French word that means 'Oily chalk.'"
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In England, in the 1880's, "Pants" was considered a dirty word!
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The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is "uncopyrightable"!
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The word 'set' has more definitions than any other word in the English language.
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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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