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 "listen" contains the same letters as "silent."
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In England, in the 1880's, 'Pants' was considered a dirty word.
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Switching letters is called spoonerism. For example, saying "jag of Flapan", instead of "flag of Japan".
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A legend suggests that clans of long ago that wanted to get rid of their unwanted people without killing them used to burn their houses down - hence the expression "to get fired."
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Thinking in a foreign language makes decisions more rational.
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"Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt"!
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