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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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    There was no punctuation until the 15th century.
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    The word taxi is spelled the same in English, German, French, Swedish, Spanish and Portuguese.
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    The name Wendy was made up for the book Peter Pan.
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