Hoover vacuum cleaners were so popular in the UK that many people now refer to vacuuming as hoovering.
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The word "impossible" dropped in use by 50% over the course of the 20th century
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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 name Wendy was made up for the book Peter Pan.
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The word 'set' has more definitions than any other word in the English language.
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The six official languages of the United Nations are Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish.
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French was the official language of England for over 600 years.
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Crayola is a French word that means 'Oily chalk.'"
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