Hoover vacuum cleaners were so popular in the UK that many people now refer to vacuuming as hoovering.
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The Danish word for condom is 'svangerskabsforebyggendemiddel'.
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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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The equivalents of the English saying "That's Greek to me" are "This appears to be Spanish" (German), "This is Chinese to me" (Dutch), "It's German to me" (Philippines), "It's Hebrew" (Finnish), "It's Chinese to me" (Hebrew), "Sounds like Mars language/These are chicken intestines" (China).
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Shakespeare invented over 1,700 words that we use today.
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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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Crayola is a French word that means 'Oily chalk.'"
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The dab of toothpaste you squeeze onto your toothbrush is called a "nurdle".
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