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 word taxi is spelled the same in English, German, French, Swedish, Spanish and Portuguese.
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The United States does not have an official language.
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The sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over a lazy dog." uses every letter of the alphabet!
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The Danish word for condom is 'svangerskabsforebyggendemiddel'.
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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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More people in China speak English than in the United States.
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