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 words ‘racecar,’ ‘kayak’ and ‘level’ are the same whether
they are read left to right or right to left (palindromes).
they are read left to right or right to left (palindromes).
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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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The P.S. at the end of a letter stands for Post Script.
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The word "impossible" dropped in use by 50% over the course of the 20th century
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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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