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    The word 'Indiana' is Native American for 'Land of the Indians', yet less than 16,000 Native Americans live there.
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    Q is the only letter in the alphabet that does not appear in the name of any of the United States!
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    "Goodbye" came from "God bye" which came from "God be with you."
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    Canada is an Indian word meaning 'Big Village'.
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    There are no words in the dictionary that rhyme with: orange, purple, and month! Interesting tries from our readers: orange: door hinge, melange (French for mix) purple: hurtle, durple?, turtle month: once, bunth?, hunch
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    The word 'set' has more definitions than any other word in the English language.
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    There was no punctuation until the 15th century.
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