China has more English speakers than the United States.
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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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Iceland has been so culturally isolated through history since the Vikings, that compared to other Scandinavian counties, people who speak Icelandic can still read the old Norsk sagas.
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A “butt” was a Medieval unit of measure for wine. Technically, a 'buttload' of wine is about 475 liters, or 126 gallons.
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The word 'mortgage' comes from a French law term that means 'death pledge'.
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The longest word in the English language is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconioses!
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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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