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 name Wendy was made up for the book Peter Pan.
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Beelzebub is Hebrew for 'Lord of the Flies'.
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French was the official language of England for over 600 years.
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In England, in the 1880's, "Pants" was considered a dirty word!
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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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