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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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There was no punctuation until the 15th century.
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The word 'set' has more definitions than any other word in the English language.
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French was the official language of England for over 600 years.
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The most used letter in the English alphabet is 'E', and 'Q' is the least used!
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The Chinese ideogram for 'trouble' depicts two women living under one roof.
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The Danish word for condom is 'svangerskabsforebyggendemiddel'.
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The United States does not have an official language.
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The word Tips is actually an acronym standing for 'To Insure Prompt Service'.
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The longest word in the English language is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconioses!
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The word 'News' is actually an acronym standing for the 4 cardinal compass points - North, East, West, and South!
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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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The longest word in the English language with no vowels is Rhythms!
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The word "pornography" comes from the Greek meaning the "writings of prostitutes."
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'Vodka' is Russian for 'little water'.
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The onion is named after the Latin word 'unio' meaning large pearl.
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"Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt"!
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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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There are no words in the dictionary that rhyme with: orange, purple, and month! Interesting tries from our readers: orange: door hinge, melange (French for mix) purple: hurtle, durple?, turtle month: once, bunth?, hunch
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Canada is an Indian word meaning 'Big Village'.
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