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    More people in China speak English than in the United States.
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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 most used letter in the English alphabet is 'E', and 'Q' is the least used!
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    The distress code 'Mayday' comes from the French for help me, M'Aide!
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    "Goodbye" came from "God bye" which came from "God be with you."
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    Beelzebub is Hebrew for 'Lord of the Flies'.
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