The most popular first name in the world is Muhammad!
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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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There was no punctuation until the 15th century.
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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 word "impossible" dropped in use by 50% over the course of the 20th century
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Thinking in a foreign language makes decisions more rational.
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'⸮' is a punctuation mark that was first proposed in the 1580s to denote sarcasm or irony.
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The word "clitoris" comes from the Greek word meaning "side of a hill".
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