In 1897, Austrian businessman Emil Jellinek, traveled from his home in Nice, France to purchase a car from the Daimler factory in Cannstatt, Germany. On his return to the French Riviera, his sporting Daimler Phoenix caused such a sensation that he decided to enter it into a local touring competition, under the name of “Mercedes” after his favourite 9 year old daughter. Realising the business... 

Mohammed overtakes George in list of most popular names. The name Muhammad wins the prize for the world’s most common name. It derives from the Arabic root “h-m-d” and means “praiseworthy one.” It’s often used, much like John Doe, to indicate someone whose name is unknown, or in combination with another given name. At least 15 million people worldwide are named Muhammad. Because it is transliterated... 

There are many explanations of the origin of the word “jeep,” which have proven difficult to verify. Probably the most popular notion holds that the vehicle bore the designation “GP” (for “Gov. Purposes” or “General Purpose”), which was phonetically slurred into the word jeep. Another explanation of the name has it that it was based on a character from...