English sailors were referred to as "limeys" because sailors added lime juice to their diet to combat scurvy.
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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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The dab of toothpaste you squeeze onto your toothbrush is called a "nurdle".
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Shakespeare invented over 1,700 words that we use today.
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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 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 technical term for a cat’s hairball is a “bezoar.”
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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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