In England, in the 1880's, 'Pants' was considered a dirty word.
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The name Wendy was made up for the book Peter Pan.
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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 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 longest word in the English language is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconioses!
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The Danish word for condom is 'svangerskabsforebyggendemiddel'.
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More people in Africa speak French than in France itself.
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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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