"Goodbye" came from "God bye" which came from "God be with you."
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"Stewardesses" is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand.
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'⸮' is a punctuation mark that was first proposed in the 1580s to denote sarcasm or irony.
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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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Floccinaucinihilipilification, the declaration of an item being useless, is the longest non-medical term in the English language.
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More people in Africa speak French than in France itself.
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The word "clitoris" comes from the Greek word meaning "side of a hill".
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Switching letters is called spoonerism. For example, saying "jag of Flapan", instead of "flag of Japan".
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