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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Shakespeare invented over 1,700 words that we use today.
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In England, in the 1880's, 'Pants' was considered a dirty word.
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The word "listen" contains the same letters as "silent."
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Beelzebub is Hebrew for 'Lord of the Flies'.
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"Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt"!
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The dab of toothpaste you squeeze onto your toothbrush is called a "nurdle".
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