Before the English speaking world was exposed to the fruit, the color orange was referred to as “geoluhread” which is Old English for red-yellow.
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'⸮' is a punctuation mark that was first proposed in the 1580s to denote sarcasm or irony.
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The most used letter in the English alphabet is 'E', and 'Q' is the least used!
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The word 'mortgage' comes from a French law term that means 'death pledge'.
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The P.S. at the end of a letter stands for Post Script.
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The word 'gymnasium' comes from the Greek word gymnazein which means 'to exercise naked.'"
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