The word "impossible" dropped in use by 50% over the course of the 20th century
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The name Wendy was made up for the book Peter Pan.
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French was the official language of England for over 600 years.
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There are no words in the dictionary that rhyme with: orange, purple, and month! Interesting tries from our readers: orange: door hinge, melange (French for mix) purple: hurtle, durple?, turtle month: once, bunth?, hunch
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The equivalents of the English saying "That's Greek to me" are "This appears to be Spanish" (German), "This is Chinese to me" (Dutch), "It's German to me" (Philippines), "It's Hebrew" (Finnish), "It's Chinese to me" (Hebrew), "Sounds like Mars language/These are chicken intestines" (China).
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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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The longest word in the English language with no vowels is Rhythms!
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The word "gorilla" comes from a Greek word that means "a tribe of hairy women".
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