In England, in the 1880's, "Pants" was considered a dirty word!
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Beelzebub is Hebrew for 'Lord of the Flies'.
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Shakespeare invented over 1,700 words that we use today.
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The word 'mortgage' comes from a French law term that means 'death pledge'.
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There are only four words in the English language which end in “dous”:
tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
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The most popular first name in the world is Muhammad!
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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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