'Vodka' is Russian for 'little water'.
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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 word "pornography" comes from the Greek meaning the "writings of prostitutes."
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Floccinaucinihilipilification, the declaration of an item being useless, is the longest non-medical term in the English language.
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The word 'mile' is derived from the Latin word for 1,000 - the number of paces it took the average Roman!
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The onion is named after the Latin word 'unio' meaning large pearl.
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The word 'gymnasium' comes from the Greek word gymnazein which means 'to exercise naked.'"
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The most popular first name in the world is Muhammad!
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