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.
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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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'⸮' is a punctuation mark that was first proposed in the 1580s to denote sarcasm or irony.
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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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The dab of toothpaste you squeeze onto your toothbrush is called a "nurdle".
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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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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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