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 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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Stressed is Desserts spelled backwards.
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The dab of toothpaste you squeeze onto your toothbrush is called a "nurdle".
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The distress code 'Mayday' comes from the French for help me, M'Aide!
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Pinocchio is Italian for "pine eye"!
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"Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt"!
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