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    The dot over the letter 'i' is called a tittle.
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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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    A legend suggests that clans of long ago that wanted to get rid of their unwanted people without killing them used to burn their houses down - hence the expression "to get fired."
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    Q is the only letter in the alphabet that does not appear in the name of any of 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 distress code 'Mayday' comes from the French for help me, M'Aide!
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