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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'⸮' is a punctuation mark that was first proposed in the 1580s to denote sarcasm or irony.
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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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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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Hoover vacuum cleaners were so popular in the UK that many people now refer to vacuuming as hoovering.
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The technical term for a cat’s hairball is a “bezoar.”
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