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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Shakespeare invented over 1,700 words that we use today.
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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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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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Englishmen drink more tea than any person of any other nation (over twenty times more than Americans)
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"Goodbye" came from "God bye" which came from "God be with you."
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The dab of toothpaste you squeeze onto your toothbrush is called a "nurdle".
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The word "clitoris" comes from the Greek word meaning "side of a hill".
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