When Washoe, the first chimp to use sign language, was told that her caretaker's baby had died, she signed "CRY."
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Switching letters is called spoonerism. For example, saying "jag of Flapan", instead of "flag of Japan".
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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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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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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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'⸮' is a punctuation mark that was first proposed in the 1580s to denote sarcasm or irony.
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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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