In England, in the 1880's, "Pants" was considered a dirty word!
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The longest word in the English language is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconioses!
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Crayola is a French word that means 'Oily chalk.'"
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The word "pornography" comes from the Greek meaning the "writings of prostitutes."
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The word taxi is spelled the same in English, German, French, Swedish, Spanish and Portuguese.
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Hoover vacuum cleaners were so popular in the UK that many people now refer to vacuuming as hoovering.
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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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A legend suggests that clans of long ago that wanted to get rid of their unwanted people without killing them used to burn their houses down - hence the expression "to get fired."
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