Hoover vacuum cleaners were so popular in the UK that many people now refer to vacuuming as hoovering.
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TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard.
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In 1700s, the deer skin was a common medium of exchange between the trading settlers and the native Red Indians in America. This is how a buck became a slang for a dollar.
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English sailors were referred to as "limeys" because sailors added lime juice to their diet to combat scurvy.
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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 P.S. at the end of a letter stands for Post Script.
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The word "listen" contains the same letters as "silent."
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