There was no punctuation until the 15th century.
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The word "impossible" dropped in use by 50% over the course of the 20th century
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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 sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over a lazy dog." uses every letter of the alphabet!
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Beelzebub is Hebrew for 'Lord of the Flies'.
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A “butt” was a Medieval unit of measure for wine. Technically, a 'buttload' of wine is about 475 liters, or 126 gallons.
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The most used letter in the English alphabet is 'E', and 'Q' is the least used!
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The word 'Indiana' is Native American for 'Land of the Indians', yet less than 16,000 Native Americans live there.
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