The sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over a lazy dog." uses every letter of the alphabet!
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"Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt"!
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The word Tips is actually an acronym standing for 'To Insure Prompt Service'.
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The onion is named after the Latin word 'unio' meaning large pearl.
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In Denmark, "Fart-kontrol" means "Speed check".
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Switching letters is called spoonerism. For example, saying "jag of Flapan", instead of "flag of Japan".
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The phrase 'rule of thumb' is derived from and old English law which stated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb.
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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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