English sailors were referred to as "limeys" because sailors added lime juice to their diet to combat scurvy.
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If you mouth the word "colorful" to someone, it looks like you are saying "I love you".
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"Goodbye" came from "God bye" which came from "God be with you."
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The word "clitoris" comes from the Greek word meaning "side of a hill".
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TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard.
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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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The six official languages of the United Nations are Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish.
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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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