The technical term for a cat’s hairball is a “bezoar.”
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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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The six official languages of the United Nations are Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish.
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"Goodbye" came from "God bye" which came from "God be with you."
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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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If you mouth the word "colorful" to someone, it looks like you are saying "I love 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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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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