Random English Facts

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    "Goodbye" came from "God bye" which came from "God be with you."
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    The United States does not have an official language.
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    The word "clitoris" comes from the Greek word meaning "side of a hill".
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    Strawberry Word Origin
    Strawberry Word Origin
    Nobody really knows where strawberries got their name.
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    The P.S. at the end of a letter stands for Post Script.
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    There are only four words in the English language which end in “dous”:
    tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
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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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    Hoover vacuum cleaners were so popular in the UK that many people now refer to vacuuming as hoovering.
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