French was the official language of England for over 600 years.
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Pinocchio is Italian for "pine eye"!
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Stressed is Desserts spelled backwards.
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Ernest Vincent Wright wrote a novel, "Gadsby", which contains over 50,000 words -- none of them with the letter E!
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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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Floccinaucinihilipilification, the declaration of an item being useless, is the longest non-medical term in the English language.
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The word "pornography" comes from the Greek meaning the "writings of prostitutes."
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