Pinocchio is Italian for "pine eye"!
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"Goodbye" came from "God bye" which came from "God be with you."
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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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There are only four words in the English language which end in “dous”:
tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
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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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'Go', is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
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The word 'News' is actually an acronym standing for the 4 cardinal compass points - North, East, West, and South!
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