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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Hoover vacuum cleaners were so popular in the UK that many people now refer to vacuuming as hoovering.
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"Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt"!
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The word "pornography" comes from the Greek meaning the "writings of prostitutes."
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'Vodka' is Russian for 'little water'.
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In England, in the 1880's, "Pants" was considered a dirty word!
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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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