In England, in the 1880's, "Pants" was considered a dirty word!
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Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch procejt at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosnt mttaer waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter b
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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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The distress code 'Mayday' comes from the French for help me, M'Aide!
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The longest word in the English language with no vowels is Rhythms!
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The P.S. at the end of a letter stands for Post Script.
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The word "gorilla" comes from a Greek word that means "a tribe of hairy women".
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