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.
28
The technical term for a cat’s hairball is a “bezoar.”
117
WAS IT A CAR OR A CAT I SAW.. 'WASITACARORACATISAW'.. This is the only English sentence which even if we read in reverse, it'll give the same sentence.
398
"Goodbye" came from "God bye" which came from "God be with you."
297
The dab of toothpaste you squeeze onto your toothbrush is called a "nurdle".
6
Floccinaucinihilipilification, the declaration of an item being useless, is the longest non-medical term in the English language.
125
Englishmen drink more tea than any person of any other nation (over twenty times more than Americans)
123