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 names of the continents all end with the same letter with which they start, excluding the North and South infront of AmericA.
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The dab of toothpaste you squeeze onto your toothbrush is called a "nurdle".
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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 technical term for a cat’s hairball is a “bezoar.”
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WAS IT A CAR OR A CAT I SAW.. 'WASITACARORACATISAW'.. This is the only English sentence which even if we read in reverse, it'll give the same sentence.
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Shakespeare invented over 1,700 words that we use today.
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