The Chinese ideogram for 'trouble' depicts two women living under one roof.
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In England, in the 1880's, 'Pants' was considered a dirty word.
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The name Wendy was made up for the book Peter Pan.
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The sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over a lazy dog." uses every letter of the alphabet!
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The word 'gymnasium' comes from the Greek word gymnazein which means 'to exercise naked.'"
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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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Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch procejt at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosnt mttaer waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter b
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