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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The word "listen" contains the same letters as "silent."
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The P.S. at the end of a letter stands for Post Script.
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Shakespeare invented over 1,700 words that we use today.
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The Simpsons are responsible for popularizing the word 'meh'.
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The word "clitoris" comes from the Greek word meaning "side of a hill".
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'⸮' is a punctuation mark that was first proposed in the 1580s to denote sarcasm or irony.
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There are only four words in the English language which end in “dous”:
tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
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