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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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    "Goodbye" came from "God bye" which came from "God be with you."
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    Beelzebub is Hebrew for 'Lord of the Flies'.
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    The Danish word for condom is 'svangerskabsforebyggendemiddel'.
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    The Chinese ideogram for 'trouble' depicts two women living under one roof.
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    French was the official language of England for over 600 years.
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    The word 'gymnasium' comes from the Greek word gymnazein which means 'to exercise naked.'"
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