Hoover vacuum cleaners were so popular in the UK that many people now refer to vacuuming as hoovering.
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Beelzebub is Hebrew for 'Lord of the Flies'.
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In England, in the 1880's, 'Pants' was considered a dirty word.
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Floccinaucinihilipilification, the declaration of an item being useless, is the longest non-medical term in the English language.
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"Goodbye" came from "God bye" which came from "God be with you."
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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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The most popular first name in the world is Muhammad!
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More people in China speak English than in the United States.
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