Hoover vacuum cleaners were so popular in the UK that many people now refer to vacuuming as hoovering.
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The word taxi is spelled the same in English, German, French, Swedish, Spanish and Portuguese.
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A “butt” was a Medieval unit of measure for wine. Technically, a 'buttload' of wine is about 475 liters, or 126 gallons.
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Thinking in a foreign language makes decisions more rational.
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Iceland has been so culturally isolated through history since the Vikings, that compared to other Scandinavian counties, people who speak Icelandic can still read the old Norsk sagas.
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The dab of toothpaste you squeeze onto your toothbrush is called a "nurdle".
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The word "impossible" dropped in use by 50% over the course of the 20th century
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