The word "impossible" dropped in use by 50% over the course of the 20th century
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The word Tips is actually an acronym standing for 'To Insure Prompt Service'.
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There are only four words in the English language which end in “dous”:
tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
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The distress code 'Mayday' comes from the French for help me, M'Aide!
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The dot over the letter 'i' is called a tittle.
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'Go', is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
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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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More people in Africa speak French than in France itself.
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