The word "listen" contains the same letters as "silent."
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The word "impossible" dropped in use by 50% over the course of the 20th century
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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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The P.S. at the end of a letter stands for Post Script.
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The United States does not have an official language.
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There are only four words in the English language which end in “dous”:
tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
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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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