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Did you know that Paris is one of the ‘Big Four fashion capitals’ of the world, alongside New York City, Milan and London.

The name of someone who puts together words to be entered into a dictionary is known as a lexicographer.

A bill was almost passed to make the U.S. adopt the metric system, however this huge infrastructure change would've cost too much.

Over time, poets became interested in describing parts of the year in romantic ways - this is when “fall” first appeared.

"To paint the town red" comes from an interesting story of an English prankster in the 1800's literally painting the town red!

The word "boycott" doesn't really hold any similarities to other words.

In medieval times, knights and nobles would often ride huge warhorses that were specifically bred for fighting and strength.

Did you know the word Schadenfreude is defined as the “malicious enjoyment of the misfortunes of others”?

A "factoid" is a piece of brief or trivial information or news that is false but presented as a fact.

Did you know that a "jiffy" is a real measurement of time? It is equal to 1/60th of a second.

To tackle bad language in autocorrecting the so-called bad word is underlined but no suggestions are presented.

The second longest place name in the world is located in Wales. The name is 58 letters long, and very difficult to say!