English sailors were referred to as "limeys" because sailors added lime juice to their diet to combat scurvy.
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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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'⸮' is a punctuation mark that was first proposed in the 1580s to denote sarcasm or irony.
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Stressed is Desserts spelled backwards.
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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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