The word 'Indiana' is Native American for 'Land of the Indians', yet less than 16,000 Native Americans live there.
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Beelzebub is Hebrew for 'Lord of the Flies'.
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The word "clitoris" comes from the Greek word meaning "side of a hill".
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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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China has more English speakers than the United States.
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The United States does not have an official language.
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In England, in the 1880's, 'Pants' was considered a dirty word.
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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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