The six official languages of the United Nations are Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish.
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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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"Goodbye" came from "God bye" which came from "God be with you."
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The word 'mortgage' comes from a French law term that means 'death pledge'.
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In England, in the 1880's, 'Pants' was considered a dirty word.
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Shakespeare's works contain first-ever recordings of 2,035 English words, including critical, frugal, excellent, barefaced, assassination, and countless.
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Canada is an Indian word meaning 'Big Village'.
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The most popular first name in the world is Muhammad!
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