Floccinaucinihilipilification, the declaration of an item being useless, is the longest non-medical term in the English language.
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The equivalents of the English saying "That's Greek to me" are "This appears to be Spanish" (German), "This is Chinese to me" (Dutch), "It's German to me" (Philippines), "It's Hebrew" (Finnish), "It's Chinese to me" (Hebrew), "Sounds like Mars language/These are chicken intestines" (China).
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The word "listen" contains the same letters as "silent."
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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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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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'Go', is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
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