The United States does not have an official language.
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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 P.S. at the end of a letter stands for Post Script.
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The word "clitoris" comes from the Greek word meaning "side of a hill".
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The longest word in the English language with no vowels is Rhythms!
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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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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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