Hoover vacuum cleaners were so popular in the UK that many people now refer to vacuuming as hoovering.
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More people in Africa speak French than in France itself.
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Beelzebub is Hebrew for 'Lord of the Flies'.
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The most used letter in the English alphabet is 'E', and 'Q' is the least used!
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There are only four words in the English language which end in “dous”:
tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
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The equivalents of the English saying "That's Greek to me" are "This appears to be Spanish" (German), "This is Chinese to me" (Dutch), "It's German to me" (Philippines), "It's Hebrew" (Finnish), "It's Chinese to me" (Hebrew), "Sounds like Mars language/These are chicken intestines" (China).
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The longest word in the English language with no vowels is Rhythms!
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Shakespeare invented over 1,700 words that we use today.
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