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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 "pornography" comes from the Greek meaning the "writings of prostitutes."
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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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    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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    Beelzebub is Hebrew for 'Lord of the Flies'.
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    The word "impossible" dropped in use by 50% over the course of the 20th century
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    The phrase 'rule of thumb' is derived from and old English law which stated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb.
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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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