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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The most used letter in the English alphabet is 'E', and 'Q' is the least used!
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The six official languages of the United Nations are Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish.
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The distress code 'Mayday' comes from the French for help me, M'Aide!
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Switching letters is called spoonerism. For example, saying "jag of Flapan", instead of "flag of Japan".
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Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch procejt at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosnt mttaer waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter b
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