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The Statue of Liberty was originally designed for Egypt.

Frédéric-Auguste Bartholdi designed and donated the Statue of Liberty (formally titled “Liberty Enlightening the World”) to the USA in 1875 to commemorate France and America’s alliance during the American Revolution.

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These are your words of the week

contemnor
xenophobic
marijuana
ultimatum
jackassery
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Fun Fact: Harry Houdini wrote the 'conjuring' entry for the 13th edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica (1926)

'Separate' comes from Latin 'separatus,' past participle of 'separare.'

'se'- (apart) + 'parare' (to prepare, procur)

The #WordOfTheDay is ‘melee.’
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Oh, be careful, Merriam-Webster, lest we suffer vertigo from the dizzying heights of our lexical ground.

brb calling an emergency meeting

The #WordOfTheDay is ‘forfend.’
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May was named after Maia, a Roman fertility goddess.

Something interesting you might not have realized: a number of words in English are nouns when you stress the first syllable but verbs when you stress the second.

'Your CONduct is better when you conDUCT yourself appropriately.”

i.e. = that is
e.g. = for example

The #WordOfTheDay is ‘cohesive.’
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