The word "impossible" dropped in use by 50% over the course of the 20th century
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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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Floccinaucinihilipilification, the declaration of an item being useless, is the longest non-medical term in the English language.
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The Danish word for condom is 'svangerskabsforebyggendemiddel'.
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More people in China speak English than in the United States.
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The word "pornography" comes from the Greek meaning the "writings of prostitutes."
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In England, in the 1880's, 'Pants' was considered a dirty word.
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'⸮' is a punctuation mark that was first proposed in the 1580s to denote sarcasm or irony.
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