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    In Denmark, "Fart-kontrol" means "Speed check".
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    More people in China speak English than in the United States.
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    Color Orange Named After The Fruit
    The color orange was named after the fruit and not the other way around.
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    Canada is an Indian word meaning 'Big Village'.
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    A “butt” was a Medieval unit of measure for wine. Technically, a 'buttload' of wine is about 475 liters, or 126 gallons.
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    "Goodbye" came from "God bye" which came from "God be with you."
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    Crayola is a French word that means 'Oily chalk.'"
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    Shakespeare's works contain first-ever recordings of 2,035 English words, including critical, frugal, excellent, barefaced, assassination, and countless.
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