Beelzebub is Hebrew for 'Lord of the Flies'.
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The word 'mortgage' comes from a French law term that means 'death pledge'.
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'Go', is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
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The name Wendy was made up for the book Peter Pan.
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A legend suggests that clans of long ago that wanted to get rid of their unwanted people without killing them used to burn their houses down - hence the expression "to get fired."
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Shakespeare invented over 1,700 words that we use today.
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The United States does not have an official language.
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