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- Did you know Rio de Janeiro translates to river of January
- Did you know the word old English word 'juke' meaning dancing lends its name to the juke box
- Did you know EMI awards stands for 'Electrical and Musical Instruments'
- Did you know a Sphygmomanometer measures blood pressure
- Did you know a group of whales is called a pod
- Did you know a female ferret is called a jill
- Did you know the side of a hammer is called a cheek
- Did you know Pinocchio is Italian for 'pine head'
- Did you know the longest word that can be typed using only our right hand is 'lollipop'
- Did you know 1 out of every 8 letters written is an e
- Did you know the word 'lethologica' describes the state of not being able to remember the word you want
- Did you know Shakespeare invented the words 'assassination' and 'bump'
- Did you know The sixth sick sheik’s sixth sheep’s sick' is said to be the toughest tongue twister
- Did you know the longest one syllable word in the English language is 'screeched'
- Did you know the atomic symbol for iron is Fe (the original name for iron was Ferric)
- Did you know 'underground' is the only word that begins and ends with the letters 'und'
- Did you know the ball on top of a flag pole is called the truck
- Did you know the opposite of a 'vacuum' is a 'plenum'
- Did you know M*A*S*H stood for 'Mobile Army Surgical Hospital'
- Did you know 'fan' is short for 'fanatic'