The word "listen" contains the same letters as "silent."
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The word "impossible" dropped in use by 50% over the course of the 20th century
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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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More people in Africa speak French than in France itself.
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The longest word in the English language with no vowels is Rhythms!
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The word 'mortgage' comes from a French law term that means 'death pledge'.
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Pinocchio is Italian for "pine eye"!
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Stressed is Desserts spelled backwards.
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