Floccinaucinihilipilification, the declaration of an item being useless, is the longest non-medical term in the English language.
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Stressed is Desserts spelled backwards.
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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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The word 'mile' is derived from the Latin word for 1,000 - the number of paces it took the average Roman!
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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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"Goodbye" came from "God bye" which came from "God be with you."
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Iceland has been so culturally isolated through history since the Vikings, that compared to other Scandinavian counties, people who speak Icelandic can still read the old Norsk sagas.
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