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 longest word in the English language is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconioses!
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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 "gorilla" comes from a Greek word that means "a tribe of hairy women".
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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 onion is named after the Latin word 'unio' meaning large pearl.
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The most popular first name in the world is Muhammad!
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