Shakespeare invented over 1,700 words that we use today.
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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 distress code 'Mayday' comes from the French for help me, M'Aide!
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The dot over the letter 'i' is called a tittle.
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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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Canada is an Indian word meaning 'Big Village'.
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The onion is named after the Latin word 'unio' meaning large pearl.
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