Before the English speaking world was exposed to the fruit, the color orange was referred to as “geoluhread” which is Old English for red-yellow.
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The dab of toothpaste you squeeze onto your toothbrush is called a "nurdle".
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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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The longest word in the English language is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconioses!
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The Danish word for condom is 'svangerskabsforebyggendemiddel'.
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Shakespeare's works contain first-ever recordings of 2,035 English words, including critical, frugal, excellent, barefaced, assassination, and countless.
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Stressed is Desserts spelled backwards.
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The dot over the letter 'i' is called a tittle.
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