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    There are only four words in the English language which end in “dous”:
    tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
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    "Goodbye" came from "God bye" which came from "God be with you."
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    Color Orange Named After The Fruit
    The color orange was named after the fruit and not the other way around.
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    Thinking in a foreign language makes decisions more rational.
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    The most popular first name in the world is Muhammad!
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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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    Hoover vacuum cleaners were so popular in the UK that many people now refer to vacuuming as hoovering.
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    A “butt” was a Medieval unit of measure for wine. Technically, a 'buttload' of wine is about 475 liters, or 126 gallons.
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