Hoover vacuum cleaners were so popular in the UK that many people now refer to vacuuming as hoovering.
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The equivalents of the English saying "That's Greek to me" are "This appears to be Spanish" (German), "This is Chinese to me" (Dutch), "It's German to me" (Philippines), "It's Hebrew" (Finnish), "It's Chinese to me" (Hebrew), "Sounds like Mars language/These are chicken intestines" (China).
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"Goodbye" came from "God bye" which came from "God be with you."
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The dab of toothpaste you squeeze onto your toothbrush is called a "nurdle".
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The word "listen" contains the same letters as "silent."
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Shakespeare invented over 1,700 words that we use today.
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The word "clitoris" comes from the Greek word meaning "side of a hill".
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