The distress code 'Mayday' comes from the French for help me, M'Aide!
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Ernest Vincent Wright wrote a novel, "Gadsby", which contains over 50,000 words -- none of them with the letter E!
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Shakespeare invented over 1,700 words that we use today.
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There are around 41,806 different spoken languages in the world today.
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The word Tips is actually an acronym standing for 'To Insure Prompt Service'.
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In England, in the 1880's, "Pants" was considered a dirty word!
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