The sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over a lazy dog." uses every letter of the alphabet!
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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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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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"Goodbye" came from "God bye" which came from "God be with you."
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The words ‘racecar,’ ‘kayak’ and ‘level’ are the same whether
they are read left to right or right to left (palindromes).
they are read left to right or right to left (palindromes).
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The dot over the letter 'i' is called a tittle.
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The word "impossible" dropped in use by 50% over the course of the 20th century
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