In Denmark, "Fart-kontrol" means "Speed check".
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The word 'mile' is derived from the Latin word for 1,000 - the number of paces it took the average Roman!
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The word taxi is spelled the same in English, German, French, Swedish, Spanish and Portuguese.
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In England, in the 1880's, 'Pants' was considered a dirty word.
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Switching letters is called spoonerism. For example, saying "jag of Flapan", instead of "flag of Japan".
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There are around 41,806 different spoken languages in the world today.
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The word "gorilla" comes from a Greek word that means "a tribe of hairy women".
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The most used letter in the English alphabet is 'E', and 'Q' is the least used!
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