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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"Goodbye" came from "God bye" which came from "God be with you."
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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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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 Simpsons are responsible for popularizing the word 'meh'.
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Switching letters is called spoonerism. For example, saying "jag of Flapan", instead of "flag of Japan".
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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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TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard.
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