The word "pornography" comes from the Greek meaning the "writings of prostitutes."
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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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In England, in the 1880's, "Pants" was considered a dirty word!
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"Goodbye" came from "God bye" which came from "God be with you."
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The longest word in the English language is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconioses!
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Hoover vacuum cleaners were so popular in the UK that many people now refer to vacuuming as hoovering.
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Q is the only letter in the alphabet that does not appear in the name of any of the United States!
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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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