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Originally Posted by Rlyss
Looks like some of us need to hit Snopes.com!
Shakespeare may or may not have invented the word 'assassinate' (and 'bump'), but 'assassin' is generally thought to come from the Crusades, where a group of Muslim fighters fought under the influence of hashish. They were called the 'hashashin', which mutated into the modern 'assassin'.
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I just felt compelled to say that this is true.
And to the person who asked if they were successful, I am not sure about that, but the reason they were called Hashashin's is well.... after every successful assassination/combat, they all went and got stoned into a drug induced stupor!