In England, in the 1880's, 'Pants' was considered a dirty word.
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WAS IT A CAR OR A CAT I SAW.. 'WASITACARORACATISAW'.. This is the only English sentence which even if we read in reverse, it'll give the same sentence.
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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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The word Tips is actually an acronym standing for 'To Insure Prompt Service'.
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Pinocchio is Italian for "pine eye"!
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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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The distress code 'Mayday' comes from the French for help me, M'Aide!
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The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is "uncopyrightable"!
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