The word "impossible" dropped in use by 50% over the course of the 20th century
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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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There are around 41,806 different spoken languages in the world today.
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Floccinaucinihilipilification, the declaration of an item being useless, is the longest non-medical term in the English language.
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WAS IT A CAR OR A CAT I SAW.. 'WASITACARORACATISAW'.. This is the only English sentence which even if we read in reverse, it'll give the same sentence.
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In England, in the 1880's, "Pants" was considered a dirty word!
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