'Go', is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
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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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English sailors were referred to as "limeys" because sailors added lime juice to their diet to combat scurvy.
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'⸮' is a punctuation mark that was first proposed in the 1580s to denote sarcasm or irony.
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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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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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"Goodbye" came from "God bye" which came from "God be with you."
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