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    The six official languages of the United Nations are Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish.
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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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    Beelzebub is Hebrew for 'Lord of the Flies'.
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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 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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    'Go', is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
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