There was no punctuation until the 15th century.
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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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Crayola is a French word that means 'Oily chalk.'"
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A legend suggests that clans of long ago that wanted to get rid of their unwanted people without killing them used to burn their houses down - hence the expression "to get fired."
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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 words ‘racecar,’ ‘kayak’ and ‘level’ are the same whether
they are read left to right or right to left (palindromes).
they are read left to right or right to left (palindromes).
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