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Facts in category: Names
| Gabriel, Michael and Lucifer (more commonly known as Satan) are the only 3 angels to be named in the bible. |
| The original name for the butterfly was 'flutterby'. |
| Names of the three wise monkeys are: Mizaru (See no evil), Mikazaru (Hear no evil), and Mazaru (Speak no evil). |
| Elton John's real name is Reginald Dwight. Elton comes from Elton Dean, a Bluesology sax player. John comes from Long John Baldry, founder of Blues Inc. They were the first electric white blues band ever seen in England- -1961. |
| The letters KGB stand for Komitet Gosudarstvennoy Bezopasnosti. |
| ABBA got their name by taking the first letter from each of their first names (Agnetha, Bjorn, Benny, Anni- frid.) |
| Bingo is the name of the dog on the Cracker Jack box. |
| The Mongol emperor Genghis Khan's original name was Temujin. |
| The most popular boat name requested is "Obsession". |
| The Canary Islands were not named after a bird called the canary. They were named after a breed of dogs! |
| Ethernet is a registered trademark of Xerox, Unix is a registered trademark of AT&T. |
| Duddley DoRight's Horses name was "Horse." |
| The name of the legendary Lady Godiva's horse is Aethenoth. |
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