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 word 'Indiana' is Native American for 'Land of the Indians', yet less than 16,000 Native Americans live there.
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There was no punctuation until the 15th century.
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Crayola is a French word that means 'Oily chalk.'"
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The word 'set' has more definitions than any other word in the English language.
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There are only four words in the English language which end in “dous”:
tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
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There are no words in the dictionary that rhyme with: orange, purple, and month! Interesting tries from our readers: orange: door hinge, melange (French for mix) purple: hurtle, durple?, turtle month: once, bunth?, hunch
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China has more English speakers than the United States.
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