The word "listen" contains the same letters as "silent."
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The word 'mile' is derived from the Latin word for 1,000 - the number of paces it took the average Roman!
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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 United States does not have an official language.
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The word "gorilla" comes from a Greek word that means "a tribe of hairy women".
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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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Shakespeare invented over 1,700 words that we use today.
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'Vodka' is Russian for 'little water'.
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