Hoover vacuum cleaners were so popular in the UK that many people now refer to vacuuming as hoovering.
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The word "impossible" dropped in use by 50% over the course of the 20th century
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"Goodbye" came from "God bye" which came from "God be with you."
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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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The six official languages of the United Nations are Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish.
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In 1700s, the deer skin was a common medium of exchange between the trading settlers and the native Red Indians in America. This is how a buck became a slang for a dollar.
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