Before the English speaking world was exposed to the fruit, the color orange was referred to as “geoluhread” which is Old English for red-yellow.
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The word 'News' is actually an acronym standing for the 4 cardinal compass points - North, East, West, and South!
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French was the official language of England for over 600 years.
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The longest word in the English language with no vowels is Rhythms!
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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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"Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt"!
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The word "gorilla" comes from a Greek word that means "a tribe of hairy women".
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The dot over the letter 'i' is called a tittle.
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