The word "impossible" dropped in use by 50% over the course of the 20th century
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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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If you mouth the word "colorful" to someone, it looks like you are saying "I love you".
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Stressed is Desserts spelled backwards.
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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 words ‘racecar,’ ‘kayak’ and ‘level’ are the same whether
they are read left to right or right to left (palindromes).
they are read left to right or right to left (palindromes).
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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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In 1700s, the deer skin was a common medium of exchange between the trading settlers and the native Red Indians in America. This is how a buck became a slang for a dollar.
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