Stressed is Desserts spelled backwards.
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Beelzebub is Hebrew for 'Lord of the Flies'.
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The name Wendy was made up for the book Peter Pan.
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In England, in the 1880's, 'Pants' was considered a dirty word.
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Ernest Vincent Wright wrote a novel, "Gadsby", which contains over 50,000 words -- none of them with the letter E!
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The word 'News' is actually an acronym standing for the 4 cardinal compass points - North, East, West, and South!
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The P.S. at the end of a letter stands for Post Script.
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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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