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 Africa speak French than in France itself.
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The onion is named after the Latin word 'unio' meaning large pearl.
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The word 'News' is actually an acronym standing for the 4 cardinal compass points - North, East, West, and South!
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More people in China speak English than in the United States.
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The United States does not have an official language.
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Switching letters is called spoonerism. For example, saying "jag of Flapan", instead of "flag of Japan".
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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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