The word "impossible" dropped in use by 50% over the course of the 20th century
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A “butt” was a Medieval unit of measure for wine. Technically, a 'buttload' of wine is about 475 liters, or 126 gallons.
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Englishmen drink more tea than any person of any other nation (over twenty times more than Americans)
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TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard.
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"Stewardesses" is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand.
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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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