Random English Facts

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    'Niblings' - Nieces and Nephews
    'Niblings' is the plural, gender-neutral term for nieces and nephews.
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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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    A single banana is called a finger and a bunch of bananas is called a hand.
    A single banana is called a finger and a bunch of bananas is called a hand.
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    The technical term for a cat’s hairball is a “bezoar.”
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    The Simpsons are responsible for popularizing the word 'meh'.
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    There are only four words in the English language which end in “dous”:
    tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
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    The P.S. at the end of a letter stands for Post Script.
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    The United States does not have an official language.
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