Shakespeare invented over 1,700 words that we use today.
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Before the English speaking world was exposed to the fruit, the color orange was referred to as “geoluhread” which is Old English for red-yellow.
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Englishmen drink more tea than any person of any other nation (over twenty times more than Americans)
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The dab of toothpaste you squeeze onto your toothbrush is called a "nurdle".
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'Go', is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
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The word "impossible" dropped in use by 50% over the course of the 20th century
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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 six official languages of the United Nations are Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish.
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