Shakespeare invented over 1,700 words that we use today.
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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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'⸮' is a punctuation mark that was first proposed in the 1580s to denote sarcasm or irony.
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If you mouth the word "colorful" to someone, it looks like you are saying "I love you".
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English sailors were referred to as "limeys" because sailors added lime juice to their diet to combat scurvy.
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There are only four words in the English language which end in “dous”:
tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
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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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