Shakespeare's works contain first-ever recordings of 2,035 English words, including critical, frugal, excellent, barefaced, assassination, and countless.
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The distress code 'Mayday' comes from the French for help me, M'Aide!
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Iceland has been so culturally isolated through history since the Vikings, that compared to other Scandinavian counties, people who speak Icelandic can still read the old Norsk sagas.
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Hoover vacuum cleaners were so popular in the UK that many people now refer to vacuuming as hoovering.
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The P.S. at the end of a letter stands for Post Script.
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More people in Africa speak French than in France itself.
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The word Tips is actually an acronym standing for 'To Insure Prompt Service'.
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