Beelzebub is Hebrew for 'Lord of the Flies'.
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There was no punctuation until the 15th century.
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The Chinese ideogram for 'trouble' depicts two women living under one roof.
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The most popular first name in the world is Muhammad!
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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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The onion is named after the Latin word 'unio' meaning large pearl.
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French was the official language of England for over 600 years.
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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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