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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Floccinaucinihilipilification, the declaration of an item being useless, is the longest non-medical term in the English language.
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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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Stressed is Desserts spelled backwards.
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Shakespeare invented over 1,700 words that we use today.
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The United States does not have an official language.
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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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