The Simpsons are responsible for popularizing the word 'meh'.
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The word "impossible" dropped in use by 50% over the course of the 20th century
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The word "listen" contains the same letters as "silent."
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"Goodbye" came from "God bye" which came from "God be with you."
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The P.S. at the end of a letter stands for Post Script.
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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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Englishmen drink more tea than any person of any other nation (over twenty times more than Americans)
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