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Origin of dumbbell as exercise equipmentThe dumbbell (or dumb-bell) was at first an apparatus for swinging a church bell. Since it was the apparatus for ringing the bell, but not the bell itself, it was noiseless or ‘dumb’. Moving this apparatus to ring the church bell was considered difficult physical

Etymology of HelloHello is an alteration of hallo (which previously was holla or hollo) – a shout to call attention. Hello dates to 1883 and has become the most frequently used greeting, especially on a telephone. Legend has it that Thomas Edison was the first to say hello on the

Word history of hat trickThe first use of this phrase was in cricket for the feat of a bowler who took three wickets with three successive balls, for which he would be presented with a new hat by the cricket club. Hat trick later came to be used for threefold