In England, in the 1880's, 'Pants' was considered a dirty word.
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The word "impossible" dropped in use by 50% over the course of the 20th century
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The word 'set' has more definitions than any other word in the English language.
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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 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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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 "gorilla" comes from a Greek word that means "a tribe of hairy women".
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More people in Africa speak French than in France itself.
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