Beelzebub is Hebrew for 'Lord of the Flies'.
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More people in China speak English than in the United States.
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The word "gorilla" comes from a Greek word that means "a tribe of hairy women".
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The Chinese ideogram for 'trouble' depicts two women living under one roof.
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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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Stressed is Desserts spelled backwards.
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A “butt” was a Medieval unit of measure for wine. Technically, a 'buttload' of wine is about 475 liters, or 126 gallons.
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Iceland has been so culturally isolated through history since the Vikings, that compared to other Scandinavian counties, people who speak Icelandic can still read the old Norsk sagas.
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