Shakespeare's works contain first-ever recordings of 2,035 English words, including critical, frugal, excellent, barefaced, assassination, and countless.
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The Chinese ideogram for 'trouble' depicts two women living under one roof.
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Q is the only letter in the alphabet that does not appear in the name of any of the United States!
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Pinocchio is Italian for "pine eye"!
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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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More people in China speak English than in the United States.
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The onion is named after the Latin word 'unio' meaning large pearl.
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