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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The P.S. at the end of a letter stands for Post Script.
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The six official languages of the United Nations are Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish.
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The technical term for a cat’s hairball is a “bezoar.”
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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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WAS IT A CAR OR A CAT I SAW.. 'WASITACARORACATISAW'.. This is the only English sentence which even if we read in reverse, it'll give the same sentence.
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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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