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    The word "pornography" comes from the Greek meaning the "writings of prostitutes."
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    A legend suggests that clans of long ago that wanted to get rid of their unwanted people without killing them used to burn their houses down - hence the expression "to get fired."
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    The most popular first name in the world is Muhammad!
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    The Danish word for condom is 'svangerskabsforebyggendemiddel'.
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    Ernest Vincent Wright wrote a novel, "Gadsby", which contains over 50,000 words -- none of them with the letter E!
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