The word 'mortgage' comes from a French law term that means 'death pledge'.
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Shakespeare invented over 1,700 words that we use today.
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"Stewardesses" is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand.
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A group of pugs is called a grumble.
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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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There are only four words in the English language which end in “dous”:
tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
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A group of ferrets is called a business.
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