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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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    Strawberry Word Origin
    Strawberry Word Origin
    Nobody really knows where strawberries got their name.
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    Shakespeare invented over 1,700 words that we use today.
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    The technical term for a cat’s hairball is a “bezoar.”
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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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    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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    There are only four words in the English language which end in “dous”:
    tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
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