Before the English speaking world was exposed to the fruit, the color orange was referred to as “geoluhread” which is Old English for red-yellow.
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"Stewardesses" is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand.
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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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Hoover vacuum cleaners were so popular in the UK that many people now refer to vacuuming as hoovering.
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'Go', is the shortest complete sentence 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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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 word "clitoris" comes from the Greek word meaning "side of a hill".
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