The dab of toothpaste you squeeze onto your toothbrush is called a "nurdle".
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"Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt"!
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The onion is named after the Latin word 'unio' meaning large pearl.
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More people in Africa speak French than in France itself.
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The phrase 'rule of thumb' is derived from and old English law which stated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb.
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The most used letter in the English alphabet is 'E', and 'Q' is the least used!
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The equivalents of the English saying "That's Greek to me" are "This appears to be Spanish" (German), "This is Chinese to me" (Dutch), "It's German to me" (Philippines), "It's Hebrew" (Finnish), "It's Chinese to me" (Hebrew), "Sounds like Mars language/These are chicken intestines" (China).
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In England, in the 1880's, "Pants" was considered a dirty word!
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