"Goodbye" came from "God bye" which came from "God be with you."
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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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The equivalents of the English saying "That's Greek to me" are "This appears to be Spanish" (German), "This is Chinese to me" (Dutch), "It's German to me" (Philippines), "It's Hebrew" (Finnish), "It's Chinese to me" (Hebrew), "Sounds like Mars language/These are chicken intestines" (China).
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The dot over the letter 'i' is called a tittle.
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The word taxi is spelled the same in English, German, French, Swedish, Spanish and Portuguese.
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WAS IT A CAR OR A CAT I SAW.. 'WASITACARORACATISAW'.. This is the only English sentence which even if we read in reverse, it'll give the same sentence.
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Q is the only letter in the alphabet that does not appear in the name of any of the United States!
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Crayola is a French word that means 'Oily chalk.'"
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