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    Shakespeare invented over 1,700 words that we use today.
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    The Chief Translator for the European Parliament can speak 32 different languages fluently.
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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 dab of toothpaste you squeeze onto your toothbrush is called a "nurdle".
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    The word taxi is spelled the same in English, German, French, Swedish, Spanish and Portuguese.
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    Q is the only letter in the alphabet that does not appear in the name of any of the United States!
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    There are around 41,806 different spoken languages in the world today.
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    The distress code 'Mayday' comes from the French for help me, M'Aide!
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