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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There are around 41,806 different spoken languages in the world today.
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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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"Stewardesses" is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand.
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Stressed is Desserts spelled backwards.
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Pokémon is Japanese for Pocket Monsters and Chinpokomon (the South Park parody) is Japanese for Penis Monsters.
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