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    More people in China speak English than in the United States.
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    The name Wendy was made up for the book Peter Pan.
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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 'News' is actually an acronym standing for the 4 cardinal compass points - North, East, West, and South!
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    'Go', is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
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    In England, in the 1880's, "Pants" was considered a dirty word!
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