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    The P.S. at the end of a letter stands for Post Script.
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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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    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 Chinese ideogram for 'trouble' depicts two women living under one roof.
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    The word taxi is spelled the same in English, German, French, Swedish, Spanish and Portuguese.
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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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