The word 'mile' is derived from the Latin word for 1,000 - the number of paces it took the average Roman!
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French was the official language of England for over 600 years.
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The word Tips is actually an acronym standing for 'To Insure Prompt Service'.
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The dot over the letter 'i' is called a tittle.
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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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The word 'mortgage' comes from a French law term that means 'death pledge'.
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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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China has more English speakers than the United States.
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