Hoover vacuum cleaners were so popular in the UK that many people now refer to vacuuming as hoovering.
59
Before the English speaking world was exposed to the fruit, the color orange was referred to as “geoluhread” which is Old English for red-yellow.
7
The most used letter in the English alphabet is 'E', and 'Q' is the least used!
90
Stressed is Desserts spelled backwards.
130
The word taxi is spelled the same in English, German, French, Swedish, Spanish and Portuguese.
96
More people in Africa speak French than in France itself.
12
The word 'News' is actually an acronym standing for the 4 cardinal compass points - North, East, West, and South!
84
Switching letters is called spoonerism. For example, saying "jag of Flapan", instead of "flag of Japan".
2