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 United States does not have an official language.
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"Goodbye" came from "God bye" which came from "God be with you."
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'⸮' is a punctuation mark that was first proposed in the 1580s to denote sarcasm or irony.
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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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English sailors were referred to as "limeys" because sailors added lime juice to their diet to combat scurvy.
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'Go', is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
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The word "listen" contains the same letters as "silent."
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