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    The word 'gymnasium' comes from the Greek word gymnazein which means 'to exercise naked.'"
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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 P.S. at the end of a letter stands for Post Script.
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    'Go', is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
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    The word taxi is spelled the same in English, German, French, Swedish, Spanish and Portuguese.
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    More people in China speak English than in the United States.
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    The word "pornography" comes from the Greek meaning the "writings of prostitutes."
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