Shakespeare's works contain first-ever recordings of 2,035 English words, including critical, frugal, excellent, barefaced, assassination, and countless.
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The word taxi is spelled the same in English, German, French, Swedish, Spanish and Portuguese.
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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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Q is the only letter in the alphabet that does not appear in the name of any of the United States!
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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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'Go', is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
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WAS IT A CAR OR A CAT I SAW.. 'WASITACARORACATISAW'.. This is the only English sentence which even if we read in reverse, it'll give the same sentence.
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The longest word in the English language with no vowels is Rhythms!
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