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    The word Tips is actually an acronym standing for 'To Insure Prompt Service'.
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    The P.S. at the end of a letter stands for Post Script.
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    More people in China speak English than in the United States.
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    The word 'gymnasium' comes from the Greek word gymnazein which means 'to exercise naked.'"
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    The name Wendy was made up for the book Peter Pan.
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    The word "listen" contains the same letters as "silent."
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    There are only four words in the English language which end in “dous”:
    tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
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