The P.S. at the end of a letter stands for Post Script.
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French was the official language of England for over 600 years.
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The word 'News' is actually an acronym standing for the 4 cardinal compass points - North, East, West, and South!
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Before the English speaking world was exposed to the fruit, the color orange was referred to as “geoluhread” which is Old English for red-yellow.
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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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'Vodka' is Russian for 'little water'.
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Iceland has been so culturally isolated through history since the Vikings, that compared to other Scandinavian counties, people who speak Icelandic can still read the old Norsk sagas.
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