Hoover vacuum cleaners were so popular in the UK that many people now refer to vacuuming as hoovering.
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More people in Africa speak French than in France itself.
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The word taxi is spelled the same in English, German, French, Swedish, Spanish and Portuguese.
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'Vodka' is Russian for 'little water'.
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"Goodbye" came from "God bye" which came from "God be with you."
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The word "impossible" dropped in use by 50% over the course of the 20th century
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Pinocchio is Italian for "pine eye"!
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Beelzebub is Hebrew for 'Lord of the Flies'.
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