'Vodka' is Russian for 'little water'.
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The word "impossible" dropped in use by 50% over the course of the 20th century
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The longest word in the English language is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconioses!
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There was no punctuation until the 15th century.
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The dot over the letter 'i' is called a tittle.
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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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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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The word 'News' is actually an acronym standing for the 4 cardinal compass points - North, East, West, and South!
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