"Goodbye" came from "God bye" which came from "God be with you."
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The word "clitoris" comes from the Greek word meaning "side of a hill".
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Stressed is Desserts spelled backwards.
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The distress code 'Mayday' comes from the French for help me, M'Aide!
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There was no punctuation until the 15th century.
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A legend suggests that clans of long ago that wanted to get rid of their unwanted people without killing them used to burn their houses down - hence the expression "to get fired."
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The phrase 'rule of thumb' is derived from and old English law which stated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb.
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The sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over a lazy dog." uses every letter of the alphabet!
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