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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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    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 longest word in the English language is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconioses!
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    The word 'Indiana' is Native American for 'Land of the Indians', yet less than 16,000 Native Americans live there.
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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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    Ernest Vincent Wright wrote a novel, "Gadsby", which contains over 50,000 words -- none of them with the letter E!
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    The most popular first name in the world is Muhammad!
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    In Denmark, "Fart-kontrol" means "Speed check".
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