Random English Facts

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    The word "impossible" dropped in use by 50% over the course of the 20th century
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    The equivalents of the English saying "That's Greek to me" are "This appears to be Spanish" (German), "This is Chinese to me" (Dutch), "It's German to me" (Philippines), "It's Hebrew" (Finnish), "It's Chinese to me" (Hebrew), "Sounds like Mars language/These are chicken intestines" (China).
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    'Go', is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
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    If you mouth the word "colorful" to someone, it looks like you are saying "I love you".
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    '⸮' is a punctuation mark that was first proposed in the 1580s to denote sarcasm or irony.
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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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    Before the English speaking world was exposed to the fruit, the color orange was referred to as “geoluhread” which is Old English for red-yellow.
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    "Goodbye" came from "God bye" which came from "God be with you."
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