"Goodbye" came from "God bye" which came from "God be with you."
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There are only four words in the English language which end in “dous”:
tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
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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 “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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English sailors were referred to as "limeys" because sailors added lime juice to their diet to combat scurvy.
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Floccinaucinihilipilification, the declaration of an item being useless, is the longest non-medical term in the English language.
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The six official languages of the United Nations are Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish.
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