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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Thinking in a foreign language makes decisions more rational.
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The most popular first name in the world is Muhammad!
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French was the official language of England for over 600 years.
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The word 'Indiana' is Native American for 'Land of the Indians', yet less than 16,000 Native Americans live there.
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Stressed is Desserts spelled backwards.
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'Go', is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
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Ernest Vincent Wright wrote a novel, "Gadsby", which contains over 50,000 words -- none of them with the letter E!
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