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 word 'set' has more definitions than any other word in the English language.
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A “butt” was a Medieval unit of measure for wine. Technically, a 'buttload' of wine is about 475 liters, or 126 gallons.
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In England, in the 1880's, 'Pants' was considered a dirty word.
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Canada is an Indian word meaning 'Big Village'.
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The P.S. at the end of a letter stands for Post Script.
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'Go', is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
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There was no punctuation until the 15th century.
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