The word 'mile' is derived from the Latin word for 1,000 - the number of paces it took the average Roman!
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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 words ‘racecar,’ ‘kayak’ and ‘level’ are the same whether
they are read left to right or right to left (palindromes).
they are read left to right or right to left (palindromes).
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There is a 600 year old 240 paged book called the Voynich Manuscript, that’s written language is still completely unknown today.
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TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard.
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More people in Africa speak French than in France itself.
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"Stewardesses" is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand.
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