Random English Facts

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    Strawberry Word Origin
    Strawberry Word Origin
    Nobody really knows where strawberries got their name.
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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 United States does not have an official language.
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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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    There are only four words in the English language which end in “dous”:
    tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
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    The dab of toothpaste you squeeze onto your toothbrush is called a "nurdle".
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    The technical term for a cat’s hairball is a “bezoar.”
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