Hoover vacuum cleaners were so popular in the UK that many people now refer to vacuuming as hoovering.
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Floccinaucinihilipilification, the declaration of an item being useless, is the longest non-medical term in the English language.
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The six official languages of the United Nations are Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish.
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Englishmen drink more tea than any person of any other nation (over twenty times more than Americans)
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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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If you mouth the word "colorful" to someone, it looks like you are saying "I love you".
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