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February 1, 1884

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! in 1884, the first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary was published. The word Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch (a town in Wales, big surprise there) was originally misspelled as Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrydrobwllllantysiliogogogoch. Only the people who lived there noticed or cared, but they claimed that it changed the meaning significantly. When asked what the correct … Continue reading

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