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    The distress code 'Mayday' comes from the French for help me, M'Aide!
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    The word Tips is actually an acronym standing for 'To Insure Prompt Service'.
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    The word "gorilla" comes from a Greek word that means "a tribe of hairy women".
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    Shakespeare's works contain first-ever recordings of 2,035 English words, including critical, frugal, excellent, barefaced, assassination, and countless.
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    'Niblings' - Nieces and Nephews
    'Niblings' is the plural, gender-neutral term for nieces and nephews.
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    Iceland has been so culturally isolated through history since the Vikings, that compared to other Scandinavian counties, people who speak Icelandic can still read the old Norsk sagas.
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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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