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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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    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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    'Go', is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
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    There was no punctuation until the 15th century.
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    The name Wendy was made up for the book Peter Pan.
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