The word Tips is actually an acronym standing for 'To Insure Prompt Service'.
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Shakespeare invented over 1,700 words that we use today.
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Crayola is a French word that means 'Oily chalk.'"
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The equivalents of the English saying "That's Greek to me" are "This appears to be Spanish" (German), "This is Chinese to me" (Dutch), "It's German to me" (Philippines), "It's Hebrew" (Finnish), "It's Chinese to me" (Hebrew), "Sounds like Mars language/These are chicken intestines" (China).
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The most used letter in the English alphabet is 'E', and 'Q' is the least used!
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Q is the only letter in the alphabet that does not appear in the name of any of the United States!
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The word 'mortgage' comes from a French law term that means 'death pledge'.
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The word 'Indiana' is Native American for 'Land of the Indians', yet less than 16,000 Native Americans live there.
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