The technical term for a cat’s hairball is a “bezoar.”
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The Simpsons are responsible for popularizing the word 'meh'.
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'⸮' is a punctuation mark that was first proposed in the 1580s to denote sarcasm or irony.
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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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There are only four words in the English language which end in “dous”:
tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
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The word "listen" contains the same letters as "silent."
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In 1700s, the deer skin was a common medium of exchange between the trading settlers and the native Red Indians in America. This is how a buck became a slang for a dollar.
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"Goodbye" came from "God bye" which came from "God be with you."
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