Hoover vacuum cleaners were so popular in the UK that many people now refer to vacuuming as hoovering.
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"Stewardesses" is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand.
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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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WAS IT A CAR OR A CAT I SAW.. 'WASITACARORACATISAW'.. This is the only English sentence which even if we read in reverse, it'll give the same sentence.
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'Go', is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
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"Goodbye" came from "God bye" which came from "God be with you."
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The word "clitoris" comes from the Greek word meaning "side of a hill".
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'⸮' is a punctuation mark that was first proposed in the 1580s to denote sarcasm or irony.
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