The most used letter in the English alphabet is 'E', and 'Q' is the least used!
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There was no punctuation until the 15th century.
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The word "listen" contains the same letters as "silent."
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Canada is an Indian word meaning 'Big Village'.
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Iceland has been so culturally isolated through history since the Vikings, that compared to other Scandinavian counties, people who speak Icelandic can still read the old Norsk sagas.
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The word 'gymnasium' comes from the Greek word gymnazein which means 'to exercise naked.'"
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Hoover vacuum cleaners were so popular in the UK that many people now refer to vacuuming as hoovering.
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In England, in the 1880's, "Pants" was considered a dirty word!
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