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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The United States does not have an official language.
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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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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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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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