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 'Indiana' is Native American for 'Land of the Indians', yet less than 16,000 Native Americans live there.
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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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The Chinese ideogram for 'trouble' depicts two women living under one roof.
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"Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt"!
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The United States does not have an official language.
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The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is "uncopyrightable"!
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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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