The word 'News' is actually an acronym standing for the 4 cardinal compass points - North, East, West, and South!
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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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The words ‘racecar,’ ‘kayak’ and ‘level’ are the same whether
they are read left to right or right to left (palindromes).
they are read left to right or right to left (palindromes).
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The six official languages of the United Nations are Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish.
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The word 'set' has more definitions than any other word in the English language.
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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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Hoover vacuum cleaners were so popular in the UK that many people now refer to vacuuming as hoovering.
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French was the official language of England for over 600 years.
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