Random English Facts

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    Strawberry Word Origin
    Strawberry Word Origin
    Nobody really knows where strawberries got their name.
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    The P.S. at the end of a letter stands for Post Script.
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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 word "listen" contains the same letters as "silent."
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    Englishmen drink more tea than any person of any other nation (over twenty times more than Americans)
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    There are only four words in the English language which end in “dous”:
    tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
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    Stressed is Desserts spelled backwards.
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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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