The most popular first name in the world is Muhammad!
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In England, in the 1880's, 'Pants' was considered a dirty word.
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There are around 41,806 different spoken languages in the world today.
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The word 'mortgage' comes from a French law term that means 'death pledge'.
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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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The word "impossible" dropped in use by 50% over the course of the 20th century
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'Vodka' is Russian for 'little water'.
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