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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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    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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    Ioannis Ikonomou
    Ioannis Ikonomou
    The Chief Translator for the European Parliament can speak 32 different languages fluently.
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    The Danish word for condom is 'svangerskabsforebyggendemiddel'.
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    "Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt"!
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    The Chinese ideogram for 'trouble' depicts two women living under one roof.
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    Q is the only letter in the alphabet that does not appear in the name of any of the United States!
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