Fact of the Day for both Wednesday November 14th and Thursday November 15th since I will probably have no time for new facts tomorrow and since I was gone for a while here are 6 new facts:
"Speak of the Devil" is short for "Speak of the Devil and he shall come". It was believed that if you spoke about the Devil it would attract his attention. That's why when you're talking about someone and they show up people say "Speak of the Devil."
"Stewardesses" is the longest word that can be typed with only the left hand.
"Tautonyms" are scientific names for which the genus and species are the same.
"Taxi" is spelled exactly the same in English, French, German, Swedish, and Portuguese.
"Teh" means "cool" in Thai. (Pronounced "tay").
Be back friday to learn all new facts including... The hardest tongue twister in the English language!!!!
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