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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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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In England, in the 1880's, 'Pants' was considered a dirty word.
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There was no punctuation until the 15th century.
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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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The name Wendy was made up for the book Peter Pan.
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The distress code 'Mayday' comes from the French for help me, M'Aide!
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The word "pornography" comes from the Greek meaning the "writings of prostitutes."
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