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 word "clitoris" comes from the Greek word meaning "side of a hill".
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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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Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch procejt at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosnt mttaer waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter b
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The word Tips is actually an acronym standing for 'To Insure Prompt Service'.
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The most used letter in the English alphabet is 'E', and 'Q' is the least used!
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The word "impossible" dropped in use by 50% over the course of the 20th century
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