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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There was no punctuation until the 15th century.
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'Vodka' is Russian for 'little water'.
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"Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt"!
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Crayola is a French word that means 'Oily chalk.'"
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'Go', is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
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More people in Africa speak French than in France itself.
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The longest word in the English language with no vowels is Rhythms!
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