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    The word "gorilla" comes from a Greek word that means "a tribe of hairy women".
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    The word "impossible" dropped in use by 50% over the course of the 20th century
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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 phrase 'rule of thumb' is derived from and old English law which stated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb.
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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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    Pinocchio is Italian for "pine eye"!
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    The dot over the letter 'i' is called a tittle.
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    The word "listen" contains the same letters as "silent."
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