In England, in the 1880's, "Pants" was considered a dirty word!
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The word 'gymnasium' comes from the Greek word gymnazein which means 'to exercise naked.'"
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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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Thinking in a foreign language makes decisions more rational.
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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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'Go', is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
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Shakespeare invented over 1,700 words that we use today.
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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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