The technical term for a cat’s hairball is a “bezoar.”
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"Goodbye" came from "God bye" which came from "God be with you."
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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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Stressed is Desserts spelled backwards.
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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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The United States does not have an official language.
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Floccinaucinihilipilification, the declaration of an item being useless, is the longest non-medical term in the English language.
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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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