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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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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If you mouth the word "colorful" to someone, it looks like you are saying "I love you".
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The P.S. at the end of a letter stands for Post Script.
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The words ‘racecar,’ ‘kayak’ and ‘level’ are the same whether
they are read left to right or right to left (palindromes).
they are read left to right or right to left (palindromes).
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