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    There was no punctuation until the 15th century.
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    The words ‘racecar,’ ‘kayak’ and ‘level’ are the same whether
    they are read left to right or right to left (palindromes).
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    Color Orange Named After The Fruit
    The color orange was named after the fruit and not the other way around.
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    Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch procejt at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosnt mttaer waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter b
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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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    The word 'Indiana' is Native American for 'Land of the Indians', yet less than 16,000 Native Americans live there.
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    The P.S. at the end of a letter stands for Post Script.
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    Pinocchio is Italian for "pine eye"!
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