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    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 taxi is spelled the same in English, German, French, Swedish, Spanish and Portuguese.
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    'Vodka' is Russian for 'little water'.
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    "Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt"!
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    Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch procejt at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosnt mttaer waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter b
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    Crayola is a French word that means 'Oily chalk.'"
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