The fear of the number 13 is called triskaidekaphobia — many hotels skip the 13th floor.

The word 'silly' originally meant 'blessed' in Old English — its meaning shifted dramatically over the centuries.

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The apostrophe was introduced into English in the 16th century — its rules have never been consistently applied.

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The sentence 'The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog' contains every letter of the English alphabet.

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The longest novel ever written is 'In Search of Lost Time' by Marcel Proust, with approximately 1.2 million words.

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The word 'serendipity' was coined by Horace Walpole in 1754 based on a Persian fairy tale.

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Shakespeare invented over 1,700 words in the English language, including 'lonely,' 'generous,' and 'assassination.'

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All human languages have nouns and verbs — but many lack adjectives or other categories found in English.

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There's a German word 'schadenfreude' meaning pleasure derived from others' misfortune, with no English equivalent.

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