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    Beelzebub is Hebrew for 'Lord of the Flies'.
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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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    The Danish word for condom is 'svangerskabsforebyggendemiddel'.
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    The word Tips is actually an acronym standing for 'To Insure Prompt Service'.
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    The Hawaiian alphabet has 13 letters.
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    China has more English speakers than the United States.
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    Q is the only letter in the alphabet that does not appear in the name of any of the United States!
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    Before WWI, German Was the Second Most Widely Spoken Language in the United States
    Before it was repressed during World War I, German was the second most widely spoken language in the United States and many local governments, schools, and newspapers operated in German.
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