In England, in the 1880's, "Pants" was considered a dirty word!
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The longest word in the English language with no vowels is Rhythms!
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The phrase 'rule of thumb' is derived from and old English law which stated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb.
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A “butt” was a Medieval unit of measure for wine. Technically, a 'buttload' of wine is about 475 liters, or 126 gallons.
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'⸮' is a punctuation mark that was first proposed in the 1580s to denote sarcasm or irony.
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The word 'set' has more definitions than any other word in the English language.
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The Chinese ideogram for 'trouble' depicts two women living under one roof.
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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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