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    The word 'gymnasium' comes from the Greek word gymnazein which means 'to exercise naked.'"
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    There are only four words in the English language which end in “dous”:
    tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
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    Stressed is Desserts spelled backwards.
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    In England, in the 1880's, "Pants" was considered a dirty word!
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    The sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over a lazy dog." uses every letter of the alphabet!
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    'Go', is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
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