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    In England, in the 1880's, 'Pants' was considered a dirty word.
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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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    WAS IT A CAR OR A CAT I SAW.. 'WASITACARORACATISAW'.. This is the only English sentence which even if we read in reverse, it'll give the same sentence.
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    Before WWI, German Was the Second Most Widely Spoken Language in the United States
    Before it was repressed during World War I, German was the second most widely spoken language in the United States and many local governments, schools, and newspapers operated in German.
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    The Danish word for condom is 'svangerskabsforebyggendemiddel'.
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    The name Wendy was made up for the book Peter Pan.
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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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    The dot over the letter 'i' is called a tittle.
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