The most popular first name in the world is Muhammad!
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"Goodbye" came from "God bye" which came from "God be with you."
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In England, in the 1880's, 'Pants' was considered a dirty word.
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More people in Africa speak French than in France itself.
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A legend suggests that clans of long ago that wanted to get rid of their unwanted people without killing them used to burn their houses down - hence the expression "to get fired."
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The longest word in the English language with no vowels is Rhythms!
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Stressed is Desserts spelled backwards.
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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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