The word "impossible" dropped in use by 50% over the course of the 20th century
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The word "listen" contains the same letters as "silent."
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TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard.
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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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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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The words ‘racecar,’ ‘kayak’ and ‘level’ are the same whether
they are read left to right or right to left (palindromes).
they are read left to right or right to left (palindromes).
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The United States does not have an official language.
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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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