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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 word 'gymnasium' comes from the Greek word gymnazein which means 'to exercise naked.'"
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    The word taxi is spelled the same in English, German, French, Swedish, Spanish and Portuguese.
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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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    Crayola is a French word that means 'Oily chalk.'"
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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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    '⸮' is a punctuation mark that was first proposed in the 1580s to denote sarcasm or irony.
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    The word Tips is actually an acronym standing for 'To Insure Prompt Service'.
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