The word "pornography" comes from the Greek meaning the "writings of prostitutes."
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The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is "uncopyrightable"!
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The distress code 'Mayday' comes from the French for help me, M'Aide!
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Beelzebub is Hebrew for 'Lord of the Flies'.
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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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The most popular first name in the world is Muhammad!
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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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