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 word "listen" contains the same letters as "silent."
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The name Wendy was made up for the book Peter Pan.
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The dot over the letter 'i' is called a tittle.
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The word 'gymnasium' comes from the Greek word gymnazein which means 'to exercise naked.'"
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The P.S. at the end of a letter stands for Post Script.
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"Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt"!
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Pinocchio is Italian for "pine eye"!
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