"Goodbye" came from "God bye" which came from "God be with you."
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The word 'mortgage' comes from a French law term that means 'death pledge'.
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'⸮' is a punctuation mark that was first proposed in the 1580s to denote sarcasm or irony.
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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 United States does not have an official language.
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The Simpsons are responsible for popularizing the word 'meh'.
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Borat, when supposedly speaking in Kazakh with his partner throughout the film, was actually speaking fluent Hebrew.
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