Floccinaucinihilipilification, the declaration of an item being useless, is the longest non-medical term in the English language.
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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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The word "clitoris" comes from the Greek word meaning "side of a hill".
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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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'Go', is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
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'⸮' is a punctuation mark that was first proposed in the 1580s to denote sarcasm or irony.
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The word "listen" contains the same letters as "silent."
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The P.S. at the end of a letter stands for Post Script.
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