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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"Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt"!
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Pinocchio is Italian for "pine eye"!
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The P.S. at the end of a letter stands for Post Script.
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The word taxi is spelled the same in English, German, French, Swedish, Spanish and Portuguese.
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Switching letters is called spoonerism. For example, saying "jag of Flapan", instead of "flag of Japan".
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In England, in the 1880's, 'Pants' was considered a dirty word.
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The United States does not have an official language.
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