Shakespeare's works contain first-ever recordings of 2,035 English words, including critical, frugal, excellent, barefaced, assassination, and countless.
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The Chinese ideogram for 'trouble' depicts two women living under one roof.
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There are no words in the dictionary that rhyme with: orange, purple, and month! Interesting tries from our readers: orange: door hinge, melange (French for mix) purple: hurtle, durple?, turtle month: once, bunth?, hunch
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The six official languages of the United Nations are Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish.
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There was no punctuation until the 15th century.
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The phrase 'rule of thumb' is derived from and old English law which stated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb.
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In England, in the 1880's, "Pants" was considered a dirty word!
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The word "pornography" comes from the Greek meaning the "writings of prostitutes."
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