Englishmen drink more tea than any person of any other nation (over twenty times more than Americans)
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The word "listen" contains the same letters as "silent."
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The technical term for a cat’s hairball is a “bezoar.”
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"Goodbye" came from "God bye" which came from "God be with you."
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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 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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