NAMES

The names of the three monkeys are Mizaru (see no evil), Kikazaru (hear no evil), and Iwazaru (speak no evil).

The ammunition belts in WWII aircraft were 27 feet long, reminiscent of the expression "the whole nine yards".

The Greek word "gymnasium" means "to exercise naked". In Ancient Greece, gymnasts wore no clothes.

Dismas and Gestas were the two thieves crucified with Jesus.

The term "dodger" (from the Brooklyn Dodgers, now known as the Los Angeles Dodgers) was a shortened form of "trolley dodgers," which described Brooklynites for their ability to avoid being hit by trolley cars.

The ghosts in Pac-Man are named Inky, Blinky, Pinky, and Clyde.

Most boat owners name their boats. What is the most popular boat name requested? Obsession

Thomas Crapper is credited with inventing the modern-day toilet, and Otto Titsling with inventing the brassiere. Major General Joseph Hooker allegedly paid prostitutes to accompany his soldiers in the Civil War.

A group of unicorns is called a blessing. A group of owls is called a parliament.

Wilma Flintstone's maiden name was Slaghoople and Betty Rubble's was McBicker

A barmaid reportedly decorated her establishment with the tail feathers of cocks. One day a patron asked for "one of those cock tails." She served him a drink with a feather in it.

The most common name in the world is Mohammed.

The original Winnie the Pooh was a real live bear found outside of Winnipeg, Canada, hence the name Winnie.

The product's full name is WD-40 Water Displacer, which was perfected on the fortieth attempt.

The letter "J" does not yet appear anywhere within the periodic table of the elements.

Barbie's full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts.

WORDS & PHRASES

The word "pound" is abbreviated "lb." from the Latin "libra pondo", meaning weight or balance, where the constellation got its name.

The word "checkmate" comes from the Persian phrase "Shah Mat," meaning "the king is dead".

"I am." is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.

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"Go" is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.

"Admiral" is derived from the Arabic phrase "amir al bahr," which means "lord of the sea".

"Stewardesses", "reverberated", and "lollipop" are the longest words that can be typed using only one hand on a keyboard. "Scepticisms" is the longest word that alternates hands, while the longest word that can be typed using the top row only is "typewriter".

If you hate our "QWERTY" keyboard layout, blame Christopher Sholes. He changed it from the original in 1873 to lessen the chances of the keys jamming.

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

No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver, or purple

Starting with the number one, you would have to count to one thousand to use the letter "A".

"Bookkeeper" and "bookkeeping" are the only words in the English language with three consecutive double letters.

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

In Scotland, a new game was invented. It was entitled Gentlemen Only Ladies Forbidden.... and thus the word GOLF entered into the English language.

In Shakespeare's time, mattresses were secured on bed frames by ropes. When you pulled on the ropes the mattress tightened, making the bed firmer to sleep on. Hence the phrase "goodnight, sleep tight".

"Beelzebub", another name for the devil, is Hebrew for "Lord of the Flies".

Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis" (a lung disease) is the longest English word according to the Oxford English Dictionary.

It is believed that Shakespeare was 46 around the time that the King James Version of the Bible was written. In Psalms 46, the 46th word from the first word is shake and the 46th word from the last word is spear.

It was the accepted practice in Babylon 4,000 years ago that for a month after the wedding, the bride's father would supply his son-in-law with all the mead he could drink. Mead is a honey beer and because their calendar was lunar based, this period was called the honey month we know today as the honeymoon.

Many years ago in England, pub frequenters had a whistle baked into the rim or handle of their ceramic cups. When they needed refill, they used the whistle to get some service. "Wet your whistle" is he phrase inspired by this practice.

315 entries in Webster's 1996 Dictionary were misspelled.

Upper and lower case letters are named 'upper' and 'lower', because in the time when all original print had to be set in individual letters, the 'upper case' letters were stored in the case on top of the case that stored the smaller, 'lower case' letters. The proper term for upper case letters is "majuscule" and for lower case it's "minuscule".

In English pubs, ale is ordered by pints and quarts. So in old England, when customers got unruly, the bartender would yell at them mind their own pints and quarts and settle down. It's where we get the phrase "mind your P's and Q's"

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The printing industry gives us other popular phrases, such as "mind your 'p's and 'q's." The moveable block type had the letters in reverse so they would read correctly when imprinted on paper. Apprentices had to remove the type from the pages and return the blocks to their upper and lower cases. Each drawer in the case held a different size of letters, and each drawer was divided into compartments (called sorts) for each letter. The letters 'p' and 'q' could easily be mistaken, so the master printer would advise their apprentices to mind their 'p's and 'q's.

When the master printer was building a page and discovered that a particular sort was empty, he would get angry. Thus the term "out of sorts".

The question mark came from a monk habit of writing the Latin word for question, quo, at the end of sentences. Over time, the letters were written vertically to save space and morphed into the ? we write today. Similarly, the exclamation point came from the Latin word "Lo", meaning something important that should be heeded. (Lo and behold...)

Escalator is one of many words that were originally trademarks but have become ordinary words found in dictionaries. Some other words which were originally trademarks and have now passed into common use are aspirin, autoharp, band-aids, breathalyzer, cellophane, Coke (in some areas, at least), corn flakes, cube steak, ditto, dry ice, dumpster, Formica, Frisbee, granola, gunk, jeep, kerosene, Kleenex, mace, nylon, ping-pong (also an onomatopoeia), popsicle, Q-tip, rollerblade, rolodex, Scotch tape, sheetrock, spandex, Styrofoam, tabloid, thermos, trampoline, yo-yo, Xerox, and zipper.

Laser is actually an acronym for "Light Amplification by Stimulated Emissions of Radiation."

Napoleon III suffered from ailurophobia, which is a fear of cats.

The little plastic things on the end of shoelaces are called aglets. 

The longest one-syllable word in the English language is "screeched."

"Dreamt" and "undreamt" are the only English words that end in the letters "mt."

"The sixth sick sheikh's sixth sheep's sick" is said to be the toughest tongue twister in the English language.