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 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 "pornography" comes from the Greek meaning the "writings of prostitutes."
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The P.S. at the end of a letter stands for Post Script.
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The longest word in the English language with no vowels is Rhythms!
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Q is the only letter in the alphabet that does not appear in the name of any of the United States!
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The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is "uncopyrightable"!
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'⸮' is a punctuation mark that was first proposed in the 1580s to denote sarcasm or irony.
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