'Vodka' is Russian for 'little water'.
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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 word 'Indiana' is Native American for 'Land of the Indians', yet less than 16,000 Native Americans live there.
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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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Pinocchio is Italian for "pine eye"!
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In England, in the 1880's, "Pants" was considered a dirty word!
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The P.S. at the end of a letter stands for Post Script.
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In England, in the 1880's, 'Pants' was considered a dirty word.
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