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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The most used letter in the English alphabet is 'E', and 'Q' is the least used!
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In England, in the 1880's, "Pants" was considered a dirty word!
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The onion is named after the Latin word 'unio' meaning large pearl.
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Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch procejt at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosnt mttaer waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter b
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The longest word in the English language with no vowels is Rhythms!
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