The word "clitoris" comes from the Greek word meaning "side of a hill".
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The dab of toothpaste you squeeze onto your toothbrush is called a "nurdle".
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The word "listen" contains the same letters as "silent."
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Hoover vacuum cleaners were so popular in the UK that many people now refer to vacuuming as hoovering.
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'Go', is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
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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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The technical term for a cat’s hairball is a “bezoar.”
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The word "impossible" dropped in use by 50% over the course of the 20th century
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