The dot over the letter 'i' is called a tittle.
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The P.S. at the end of a letter stands for Post Script.
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The word "gorilla" comes from a Greek word that means "a tribe of hairy women".
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The word 'set' has more definitions than any other word in the English language.
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The name Wendy was made up for the book Peter Pan.
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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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The word "impossible" dropped in use by 50% over the course of the 20th century
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Before the English speaking world was exposed to the fruit, the color orange was referred to as “geoluhread” which is Old English for red-yellow.
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