Shakespeare's works contain first-ever recordings of 2,035 English words, including critical, frugal, excellent, barefaced, assassination, and countless.
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"Goodbye" came from "God bye" which came from "God be with you."
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The Chinese ideogram for 'trouble' depicts two women living under one roof.
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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 word 'set' has more definitions than any other word in the English language.
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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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In England, in the 1880's, 'Pants' was considered a dirty word.
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The most popular first name in the world is Muhammad!
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