Random English Facts

    33 facts tagged with English Facts

    "Goodbye" came from "God bye" which came from "God be with you."
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    The technical term for a cat’s hairball is a “bezoar.”
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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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    The words ‘racecar,’ ‘kayak’ and ‘level’ are the same whether
    they are read left to right or right to left (palindromes).
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    The names of the continents all end with the same letter with which they start, excluding the North and South infront of AmericA.
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    The word "listen" contains the same letters as "silent."
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