In England, in the 1880's, 'Pants' was considered a dirty word.
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The equivalents of the English saying "That's Greek to me" are "This appears to be Spanish" (German), "This is Chinese to me" (Dutch), "It's German to me" (Philippines), "It's Hebrew" (Finnish), "It's Chinese to me" (Hebrew), "Sounds like Mars language/These are chicken intestines" (China).
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In England, in the 1880's, "Pants" was considered a dirty word!
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The word Tips is actually an acronym standing for 'To Insure Prompt Service'.
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The word 'News' is actually an acronym standing for the 4 cardinal compass points - North, East, West, and South!
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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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There was no punctuation until the 15th century.
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