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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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    More people in China speak English than in the United States.
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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 "pornography" comes from the Greek meaning the "writings of prostitutes."
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    In England, in the 1880's, 'Pants' was considered a dirty word.
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