The most popular first name in the world is Muhammad!
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Beelzebub is Hebrew for 'Lord of the Flies'.
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The word 'mortgage' comes from a French law term that means 'death pledge'.
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The onion is named after the Latin word 'unio' meaning large pearl.
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More people in China speak English than in the United States.
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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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