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    In England, in the 1880's, 'Pants' was considered a dirty word.
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    The onion is named after the Latin word 'unio' meaning large pearl.
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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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    Beelzebub is Hebrew for 'Lord of the Flies'.
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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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