The Danish word for condom is 'svangerskabsforebyggendemiddel'.
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A legend suggests that clans of long ago that wanted to get rid of their unwanted people without killing them used to burn their houses down - hence the expression "to get fired."
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More people in Africa speak French than in France itself.
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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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'Vodka' is Russian for 'little water'.
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The distress code 'Mayday' comes from the French for help me, M'Aide!
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Pinocchio is Italian for "pine eye"!
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The word "impossible" dropped in use by 50% over the course of the 20th century
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