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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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    Beelzebub is Hebrew for 'Lord of the Flies'.
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    The six official languages of the United Nations are Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish.
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    Ioannis Ikonomou
    Ioannis Ikonomou
    The Chief Translator for the European Parliament can speak 32 different languages fluently.
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    The Chinese ideogram for 'trouble' depicts two women living under one roof.
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    The word "impossible" dropped in use by 50% over the course of the 20th century
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    The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is "uncopyrightable"!
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    There are only four words in the English language which end in “dous”:
    tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
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