'Vodka' is Russian for 'little water'.
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The word 'Indiana' is Native American for 'Land of the Indians', yet less than 16,000 Native Americans live there.
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Shakespeare invented over 1,700 words that we use today.
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In England, in the 1880's, 'Pants' was considered a dirty word.
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There are no words in the dictionary that rhyme with: orange, purple, and month! Interesting tries from our readers: orange: door hinge, melange (French for mix) purple: hurtle, durple?, turtle month: once, bunth?, hunch
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French was the official language of England for over 600 years.
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The dot over the letter 'i' is called a tittle.
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The word "listen" contains the same letters as "silent."
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