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    The name Wendy was made up for the book Peter Pan.
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    'Vodka' is Russian for 'little water'.
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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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    There are around 41,806 different spoken languages in the world today.
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    Canada is an Indian word meaning 'Big Village'.
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    "Goodbye" came from "God bye" which came from "God be with you."
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    The most used letter in the English alphabet is 'E', and 'Q' is the least used!
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