Stressed is Desserts spelled backwards.
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The word 'mortgage' comes from a French law term that means 'death pledge'.
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A group of pugs is called a grumble.
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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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The word "impossible" dropped in use by 50% over the course of the 20th century
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A “butt” was a Medieval unit of measure for wine. Technically, a 'buttload' of wine is about 475 liters, or 126 gallons.
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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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