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    "Goodbye" came from "God bye" which came from "God be with you."
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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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    The word 'gymnasium' comes from the Greek word gymnazein which means 'to exercise naked.'"
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    French was the official language of England for over 600 years.
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    The word taxi is spelled the same in English, German, French, Swedish, Spanish and Portuguese.
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