Hoover vacuum cleaners were so popular in the UK that many people now refer to vacuuming as hoovering.
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The onion is named after the Latin word 'unio' meaning large pearl.
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More people in Africa speak French than in France itself.
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'Vodka' is Russian for 'little water'.
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The six official languages of the United Nations are Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish.
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The word taxi is spelled the same in English, German, French, Swedish, Spanish and Portuguese.
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The Danish word for condom is 'svangerskabsforebyggendemiddel'.
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Thinking in a foreign language makes decisions more rational.
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