In England, in the 1880's, 'Pants' was considered a dirty word.
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WAS IT A CAR OR A CAT I SAW.. 'WASITACARORACATISAW'.. This is the only English sentence which even if we read in reverse, it'll give the same sentence.
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The word "clitoris" comes from the Greek word meaning "side of a hill".
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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 word 'mortgage' comes from a French law term that means 'death pledge'.
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Ernest Vincent Wright wrote a novel, "Gadsby", which contains over 50,000 words -- none of them with the letter E!
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The dab of toothpaste you squeeze onto your toothbrush is called a "nurdle".
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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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