In 1700s, the deer skin was a common medium of exchange between the trading settlers and the native Red Indians in America. This is how a buck became a slang for a dollar.
28
"Goodbye" came from "God bye" which came from "God be with you."
297
The technical term for a cat’s hairball is a “bezoar.”
117
The six official languages of the United Nations are Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish.
31
The word "listen" contains the same letters as "silent."
135
'Go', is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
236