Hoover vacuum cleaners were so popular in the UK that many people now refer to vacuuming as hoovering.
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The word "gorilla" comes from a Greek word that means "a tribe of hairy women".
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'Vodka' is Russian for 'little water'.
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The sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over a lazy dog." uses every letter of the alphabet!
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Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch procejt at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosnt mttaer waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter b
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Switching letters is called spoonerism. For example, saying "jag of Flapan", instead of "flag of Japan".
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The word "clitoris" comes from the Greek word meaning "side of a hill".
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"Goodbye" came from "God bye" which came from "God be with you."
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