The words ‘racecar,’ ‘kayak’ and ‘level’ are the same whether
they are read left to right or right to left (palindromes).
they are read left to right or right to left (palindromes).
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The word 'mile' is derived from the Latin word for 1,000 - the number of paces it took the average Roman!
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The word 'Indiana' is Native American for 'Land of the Indians', yet less than 16,000 Native Americans live there.
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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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Switching letters is called spoonerism. For example, saying "jag of Flapan", instead of "flag of Japan".
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The onion is named after the Latin word 'unio' meaning large pearl.
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The word "impossible" dropped in use by 50% over the course of the 20th century
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In Denmark, "Fart-kontrol" means "Speed check".
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