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NXP1e TIL that the word kidnap is relatively recent and originally meant "to steal or carry off children or others in order to provide servants or labourers for the American plantations."

GAWeE TIL that Xmas is has historically been used as far back as the 16th century and the X is a Greek substitution for their letter χ pronounced “chi” in place of the first character of the Greek for Christ - Χριστός

BrAge TIL the “R” in the abbreviations “Mr.” and “Mrs.” are contraction forms of the titles “Master” and “Mistress.”