A legend suggests that clans of long ago that wanted to get rid of their unwanted people without killing them used to burn their houses down - hence the expression "to get fired."
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Hoover vacuum cleaners were so popular in the UK that many people now refer to vacuuming as hoovering.
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The Danish word for condom is 'svangerskabsforebyggendemiddel'.
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The word 'News' is actually an acronym standing for the 4 cardinal compass points - North, East, West, and South!
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In Denmark, "Fart-kontrol" means "Speed check".
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The onion is named after the Latin word 'unio' meaning large pearl.
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Thinking in a foreign language makes decisions more rational.
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The word 'set' has more definitions than any other word in the English language.
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