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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'⸮' is a punctuation mark that was first proposed in the 1580s to denote sarcasm or irony.
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In Turkish, the bird we call a Turkey is called "Hindi" ("from India"). In India, it's called "Peru." In Arabic, the bird is called "Greek chicken"; in Greek it's called "French chicken"; and in French it's called "Indian chicken." The bird is indigenous to none of these places.
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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 word "clitoris" comes from the Greek word meaning "side of a hill".
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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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TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard.
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The word "gorilla" comes from a Greek word that means "a tribe of hairy women".
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