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 dab of toothpaste you squeeze onto your toothbrush is called a "nurdle".
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More people in Africa speak French than in France itself.
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There are only four words in the English language which end in “dous”:
tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
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In England, in the 1880's, 'Pants' was considered a dirty word.
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The word 'gymnasium' comes from the Greek word gymnazein which means 'to exercise naked.'"
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The dot over the letter 'i' is called a tittle.
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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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