Shakespeare invented over 1,700 words that we use today.
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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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Stressed is Desserts spelled backwards.
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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 word "impossible" dropped in use by 50% over the course of the 20th century
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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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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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