Canada is an Indian word meaning 'Big Village'.
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Shakespeare invented over 1,700 words that we use today.
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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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Thinking in a foreign language makes decisions more rational.
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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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"Goodbye" came from "God bye" which came from "God be with you."
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'Vodka' is Russian for 'little water'.
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