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The silent ‘s’ in ‘island’ was added to make it look like it came from the Latin word ‘insula’, even though it actually came from the Old English word ‘iglund’.

— Quite Interesting (@qikipedia) August 3, 2019

“You’re quiet!”

Thank you for drawing attention to that fact, it’s a big help

— VeryBritishProblems (@SoVeryBritish) August 3, 2019

Bilingual people can be dyslexic in one language and not another.

— Quite Interesting (@qikipedia) August 3, 2019

Fretting about your emoji grammar? Don't – in a recent study, linguists @superlinguo and @GretchenAMc have determined that emoji aren't really substitutes for words. Rather, they function like gestures in spoken language.

— Quite Interesting (@qikipedia) August 4, 2019

A good chance Paul McCartney wrote ‘Mull of Kintyre’ after pushing this gate openpic.twitter.com/rJcq67sZDr

— Jeremy Vine (@theJeremyVine) August 4, 2019

There hasn’t been a more important video to cross my TL in quite some time https://t.co/o467GgxUcz

— god hates flags (@Luge_Knight) August 2, 2019

I have no idea how to take this. https://t.co/jmdnYi8OZB

— Martin Saunders (@martinsaunders) August 5, 2019

‘Come On Eileen’ reached number one closer to the end of the Second World War than to today.

— Richard Osman (@richardosman) August 7, 2019

Celebrate #InternationalCatDay by doing absolutely nothing all morning and then walking right over your colleague's keyboard.

— innocent drinks (@innocent) August 8, 2019

Things you might have missed:

– There is going to be a film about Eurovision
– It stars Will Ferrell and Rachel McAdams as aspiring Icelandic musicians
– Pierce Brosnan will play Will's father, who also happens to be the most handsome man in Iceland 🇮🇸
– Yes this is real

— Netflix UK & Ireland (@NetflixUK) August 8, 2019

Well I just found out my foreign wife thought Peaky Blinders was set in 80s Britain. We've just finished watching the second season.

— Sean McLoughlin (@SeanMcLoughlin) August 7, 2019

“keep the vibe going” thanks spotify pic.twitter.com/n7xDW31Muq

— Abby Tomlinson (@twcuddleston) August 3, 2019

Indoors rain.

Caution – upsetting scenes. pic.twitter.com/bKWZZwoSfQ

— Waterstones Swansea (@swanseastones) August 9, 2019

I wonder if my life would have worked out differently if I’d ever seen the film ‘Sliding Doors’?

— Richard Osman (@richardosman) August 9, 2019

£1 now basically equal to €1.

We’ve finally joined the Euro and it’s all thanks to Brexiters. Congratulations lads, you did it.

— James Felton (@JimMFelton) August 9, 2019

Today’s to-do list:

Listen to that wind

— VeryBritishProblems (@SoVeryBritish) August 10, 2019

Homegrown.#PL LIVE: https://t.co/0R1J1Xax9z #BOUSHU pic.twitter.com/43IQ9CShsJ

— Match of the Day (@BBCMOTD) August 10, 2019