English sailors were referred to as "limeys" because sailors added lime juice to their diet to combat scurvy.
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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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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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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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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 United States does not have an official language.
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