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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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 word 'mortgage' comes from a French law term that means 'death pledge'.
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