Before the English speaking world was exposed to the fruit, the color orange was referred to as “geoluhread” which is Old English for red-yellow.
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The word "listen" contains the same letters as "silent."
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The dab of toothpaste you squeeze onto your toothbrush is called a "nurdle".
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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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English sailors were referred to as "limeys" because sailors added lime juice to their diet to combat scurvy.
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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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TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard.
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'⸮' is a punctuation mark that was first proposed in the 1580s to denote sarcasm or irony.
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