Hoover vacuum cleaners were so popular in the UK that many people now refer to vacuuming as hoovering.
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Thinking in a foreign language makes decisions more rational.
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The six official languages of the United Nations are Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish.
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The word 'News' is actually an acronym standing for the 4 cardinal compass points - North, East, West, and South!
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French was the official language of England for over 600 years.
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A legend suggests that clans of long ago that wanted to get rid of their unwanted people without killing them used to burn their houses down - hence the expression "to get fired."
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Switching letters is called spoonerism. For example, saying "jag of Flapan", instead of "flag of Japan".
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The word "impossible" dropped in use by 50% over the course of the 20th century
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