Beelzebub is Hebrew for 'Lord of the Flies'.
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The distress code 'Mayday' comes from the French for help me, M'Aide!
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WAS IT A CAR OR A CAT I SAW.. 'WASITACARORACATISAW'.. This is the only English sentence which even if we read in reverse, it'll give the same sentence.
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The sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over a lazy dog." uses every letter of the alphabet!
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The P.S. at the end of a letter stands for Post Script.
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The word Tips is actually an acronym standing for 'To Insure Prompt Service'.
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Hoover vacuum cleaners were so popular in the UK that many people now refer to vacuuming as hoovering.
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Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch procejt at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosnt mttaer waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter b
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