The word "impossible" dropped in use by 50% over the course of the 20th century
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Canada is an Indian word meaning 'Big Village'.
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Shakespeare's works contain first-ever recordings of 2,035 English words, including critical, frugal, excellent, barefaced, assassination, and countless.
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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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The most used letter in the English alphabet is 'E', and 'Q' is the least used!
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The Chinese ideogram for 'trouble' depicts two women living under one roof.
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The word "gorilla" comes from a Greek word that means "a tribe of hairy women".
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Shakespeare invented over 1,700 words that we use today.
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