The word "pornography" comes from the Greek meaning the "writings of prostitutes."
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The word 'Indiana' is Native American for 'Land of the Indians', yet less than 16,000 Native Americans live there.
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'Go', is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
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The word 'mile' is derived from the Latin word for 1,000 - the number of paces it took the average Roman!
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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 dab of toothpaste you squeeze onto your toothbrush is called a "nurdle".
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The most used letter in the English alphabet is 'E', and 'Q' is the least used!
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Shakespeare invented over 1,700 words that we use today.
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