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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The word 'mortgage' comes from a French law term that means 'death pledge'.
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There is a 600 year old 240 paged book called the Voynich Manuscript, that’s written language is still completely unknown today.
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The Bible has been translated into Klingon.
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Switching letters is called spoonerism. For example, saying "jag of Flapan", instead of "flag of Japan".
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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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Floccinaucinihilipilification, the declaration of an item being useless, is the longest non-medical term in the English language.
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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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