The Chinese ideogram for 'trouble' depicts two women living under one roof.
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Canada is an Indian word meaning 'Big Village'.
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The word 'mortgage' comes from a French law term that means 'death pledge'.
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The sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over a lazy dog." uses every letter of the alphabet!
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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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Switching letters is called spoonerism. For example, saying "jag of Flapan", instead of "flag of Japan".
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The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is "uncopyrightable"!
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In Denmark, "Fart-kontrol" means "Speed check".
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