Fun Word Facts
Part 4

Fact #16
  • The opposite of déjà vu is jamais-vu.
Fact #17
  • Snaste is the used, leftover part of a candlewick.
Fact #18
  • Words starting with the letter U used to always have “an” in front of them.
  • The US constitution says, “Congress shall develop an uniform rule of immigration and naturalization.”
    • This is not correct by the grammar rules we use today.
Fact #19
  • The word “alphabet” comes from Alpha & Beta, the first two letters of the Greek alphabet.
Fact #20
  • 80% of all the information stored on computers is in English.

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