Shakespeare invented over 1,700 words that we use today.
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The word "listen" contains the same letters as "silent."
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More people in Africa speak French than in France itself.
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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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The Simpsons are responsible for popularizing the word 'meh'.
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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 "clitoris" comes from the Greek word meaning "side of a hill".
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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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