In England, in the 1880's, "Pants" was considered a dirty word!
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A “butt” was a Medieval unit of measure for wine. Technically, a 'buttload' of wine is about 475 liters, or 126 gallons.
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Q is the only letter in the alphabet that does not appear in the name of any of the United States!
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The word "listen" contains the same letters as "silent."
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Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch procejt at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosnt mttaer waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter b
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The sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over a lazy dog." uses every letter of the alphabet!
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