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    The word "listen" contains the same letters as "silent."
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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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    Before WWI, German Was the Second Most Widely Spoken Language in the United States
    Before it was repressed during World War I, German was the second most widely spoken language in the United States and many local governments, schools, and newspapers operated in German.
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    Color Orange Named After The Fruit
    The color orange was named after the fruit and not the other way around.
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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 word 'mile' is derived from the Latin word for 1,000 - the number of paces it took the average Roman!
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    The Chinese ideogram for 'trouble' depicts two women living under one roof.
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    The words ‘racecar,’ ‘kayak’ and ‘level’ are the same whether
    they are read left to right or right to left (palindromes).
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