The word Tips is actually an acronym standing for 'To Insure Prompt Service'.
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Crayola is a French word that means 'Oily chalk.'"
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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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Ernest Vincent Wright wrote a novel, "Gadsby", which contains over 50,000 words -- none of them with the letter E!
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In England, in the 1880's, "Pants" was considered a dirty word!
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The Danish word for condom is 'svangerskabsforebyggendemiddel'.
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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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Stressed is Desserts spelled backwards.
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