Beelzebub is Hebrew for 'Lord of the Flies'.
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In England, in the 1880's, 'Pants' was considered a dirty word.
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The word "pornography" comes from the Greek meaning the "writings of prostitutes."
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There was no punctuation until the 15th century.
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More people in Africa speak French than in France itself.
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The longest word in the English language is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconioses!
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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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The P.S. at the end of a letter stands for Post Script.
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