The real name of Jesus was Yeshua. Jesus is the Greek version of the name.

A "funambulist" is a tight-rope walker.

Ernest Vincent Wright's novel Gadsby has 50,110 words, none of which contains the letter "E".

The word encyclopaedia comes from two Greek words meaning "a circle of learning."

Carol comes from the Greek word Choraulein which referred to a dance accompanied by a flute.

The word Christmas comes from the English phrase, Christes Masse, literally Christ's mass.

The word 'puppy' comes from the French poupee', meaning doll.

When two words are combined to form a single word (motor + hotel = motel, breakfast + lunch = brunch) the new word is called a "portmanteau".

The term "hooch" for liquor comes from the Hoochinoo Indians, known for their ability to make liquor so strong it could knock someone out.

Seoul, the capital of South Korea, is a Korean word meaning "capital".

The word "tattoo" comes from the Tahitian word "tattau," which means "to mark".

The two lines that connect your top lip to the bottom of your nose are known as the philtrum

The word "set" has more definitions than any other word in the English language.

The word "novel" originally derived from the Latin novus, meaning "new".

The word "gymnasium" comes from the Greek word gymnazein which means "to exercise naked".

The word Karate means, empty hand.

The word "lethologica" describes the state of not being able to remember the word you want.

The word salary came from the word salt in Roman times. Salt was used as a trading medium - money.

The verb "cleave" is the only English word with two synonyms which are antonyms of each other: adhere and separate.

Someone who is "pauciloquent" uses as few words as possible when speaking.

Poliosis is the graying of the hair. It comes from polios, the Greek word for "gray".

The word 'denim' comes from 'de Nimes', Nimes being the town.

The largest crossword puzzle ever published had 2631 clues across and 2922 clues down. It took up 16 sq. feet of space.

The phrase "honeymoon" came from the Greeks. It was customary for the bride's family to supply the groom with a month (or full moon cycle) of the wedding wine, which tasted like honey.

The word "Oral-B" is a combination of oral hygiene and the letter B, which stands for the word better.

Graffito is the little-used singular of the much used plural word graffiti.

Orange and black became Halloween colors because orange is associated with harvests and black is associated with death "Hallow" is an old word meaning holy, while "e'en" is Scottish for evening.

The word "alphabet" Comes from the first 2 letters of the Greek alphabet, Alpha and Beta.

Canada is an Indian word meaning 'Big Village'.

The word 'Checkmate' in chess comes from the Persian phrase 'Shah Mat,' which means 'the king is dead'.

There are only four words in the English language which end in '-dous': tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.

President Kennedy was the fastest random speaker in the world with upwards of 350 words per minute.

First newspaper crossword puzzle was published in a Sunday supplement to the New York World in 1913

The word "listen" contains the same letters as the word "silent".

The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is "uncopyrightable".

"Almost" is the longest word in the English language with all the letters in alphabetical order.

The word "samba" means "to rub navels together."

Did you know that the words 'lakh' and 'crore' do not exist in the English language? The two words are only used in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh and are derivatives of the Hindi words laakh and karod.

The scientific term for nose-picking is "rhinotillexonamia".

In England, in the 1880's, "Pants" was considered a dirty word!

Skepticisms is the longest word that alternates hands when typing!

Know what Mafia means? "Morte Allafrancia Italia Anela "Death to the French is Italy's cry!"