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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A group of pugs is called a grumble.
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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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"Stewardesses" is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand.
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In Turkish, the bird we call a Turkey is called "Hindi" ("from India"). In India, it's called "Peru." In Arabic, the bird is called "Greek chicken"; in Greek it's called "French chicken"; and in French it's called "Indian chicken." The bird is indigenous to none of these places.
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