French was the official language of England for over 600 years.
91
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).
120
The sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over a lazy dog." uses every letter of the alphabet!
287
The P.S. at the end of a letter stands for Post Script.
40
The word "clitoris" comes from the Greek word meaning "side of a hill".
51
The word "impossible" dropped in use by 50% over the course of the 20th century
5
The word 'mile' is derived from the Latin word for 1,000 - the number of paces it took the average Roman!
6
"Goodbye" came from "God bye" which came from "God be with you."
297