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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Shakespeare's works contain first-ever recordings of 2,035 English words, including critical, frugal, excellent, barefaced, assassination, and countless.
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French was the official language of England for over 600 years.
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The name Wendy was made up for the book Peter Pan.
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'Go', is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
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The distress code 'Mayday' comes from the French for help me, M'Aide!
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The United States does not have an official language.
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More people in China speak English than in the United States.
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