Pinocchio is Italian for "pine eye"!
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WAS IT A CAR OR A CAT I SAW.. 'WASITACARORACATISAW'.. This is the only English sentence which even if we read in reverse, it'll give the same sentence.
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Floccinaucinihilipilification, the declaration of an item being useless, is the longest non-medical term in the English language.
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Beelzebub is Hebrew for 'Lord of the Flies'.
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Switching letters is called spoonerism. For example, saying "jag of Flapan", instead of "flag of Japan".
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The name Wendy was made up for the book Peter Pan.
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The word 'gymnasium' comes from the Greek word gymnazein which means 'to exercise naked.'"
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The P.S. at the end of a letter stands for Post Script.
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