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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Englishmen drink more tea than any person of any other nation (over twenty times more than Americans)
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Hoover vacuum cleaners were so popular in the UK that many people now refer to vacuuming as hoovering.
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Stressed is Desserts spelled backwards.
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'⸮' is a punctuation mark that was first proposed in the 1580s to denote sarcasm or irony.
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"Stewardesses" is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand.
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