English sailors were referred to as "limeys" because sailors added lime juice to their diet to combat scurvy.
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Shakespeare invented over 1,700 words that we use today.
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"Goodbye" came from "God bye" which came from "God be with you."
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The P.S. at the end of a letter stands for Post Script.
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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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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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"Stewardesses" is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand.
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The Simpsons are responsible for popularizing the word 'meh'.
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