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 word Tips is actually an acronym standing for 'To Insure Prompt Service'.
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The sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over a lazy dog." uses every letter of the alphabet!
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A “butt” was a Medieval unit of measure for wine. Technically, a 'buttload' of wine is about 475 liters, or 126 gallons.
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The Chinese ideogram for 'trouble' depicts two women living under one roof.
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There are around 41,806 different spoken languages in the world today.
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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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