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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More people in China speak English than in the United States.
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Beelzebub is Hebrew for 'Lord of the Flies'.
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There was no punctuation until the 15th century.
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The word "pornography" comes from the Greek meaning the "writings of prostitutes."
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The word "listen" contains the same letters as "silent."
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