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.
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The P.S. at the end of a letter stands for Post Script.
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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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TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard.
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"Stewardesses" is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand.
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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.
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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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