'Go', is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
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Shakespeare invented over 1,700 words that we use today.
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The technical term for a cat’s hairball is a “bezoar.”
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The word "impossible" dropped in use by 50% over the course of the 20th century
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The word "listen" contains the same letters as "silent."
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The word "clitoris" comes from the Greek word meaning "side of a hill".
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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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