A “butt” was a Medieval unit of measure for wine. Technically, a 'buttload' of wine is about 475 liters, or 126 gallons.
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China has more English speakers than the United States.
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The equivalents of the English saying "That's Greek to me" are "This appears to be Spanish" (German), "This is Chinese to me" (Dutch), "It's German to me" (Philippines), "It's Hebrew" (Finnish), "It's Chinese to me" (Hebrew), "Sounds like Mars language/These are chicken intestines" (China).
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There are only four words in the English language which end in “dous”:
tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
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Q is the only letter in the alphabet that does not appear in the name of any of the United States!
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The Danish word for condom is 'svangerskabsforebyggendemiddel'.
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Floccinaucinihilipilification, the declaration of an item being useless, is the longest non-medical term in the English language.
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