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    The World Trade Center towers used to have two zip codes, 10047-10048, one for each building.
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    Language
    The word Tips is actually an acronym standing for 'To Insure Prompt Service'.
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    Language
    The word taxi is spelled the same in English, German, French, Swedish, Spanish and Portuguese.
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    Language
    The word 'set' has more definitions than any other word in the English language.
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    Language
    The word 'News' is actually an acronym standing for the 4 cardinal compass points - North, East, West, and South!
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    Language
    The word 'Indiana' is Native American for 'Land of the Indians', yet less than 16,000 Native Americans live there.
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    Language
    The word 'gymnasium' comes from the Greek word gymnazein which means 'to exercise naked.'"
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    Weather
    The winter of 1932 in the US was so cold that Niagara falls froze completely solid!
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