The word 'mortgage' comes from a French law term that means 'death pledge'.
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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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TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard.
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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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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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'Go', is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
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Switching letters is called spoonerism. For example, saying "jag of Flapan", instead of "flag of Japan".
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