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 words ‘racecar,’ ‘kayak’ and ‘level’ are the same whether
they are read left to right or right to left (palindromes).
they are read left to right or right to left (palindromes).
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Shakespeare's works contain first-ever recordings of 2,035 English words, including critical, frugal, excellent, barefaced, assassination, and countless.
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In England, in the 1880's, 'Pants' was considered a dirty word.
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China has more English speakers than the United States.
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Stressed is Desserts spelled backwards.
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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 'mile' is derived from the Latin word for 1,000 - the number of paces it took the average Roman!
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