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    In Denmark, "Fart-kontrol" means "Speed check".
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    '⸮' is a punctuation mark that was first proposed in the 1580s to denote sarcasm or irony.
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    Ioannis Ikonomou
    Ioannis Ikonomou
    The Chief Translator for the European Parliament can speak 32 different languages fluently.
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    There are only four words in the English language which end in “dous”:
    tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
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    'Vodka' is Russian for 'little water'.
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    Beelzebub is Hebrew for 'Lord of the Flies'.
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    The Danish word for condom is 'svangerskabsforebyggendemiddel'.
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    In England, in the 1880's, "Pants" was considered a dirty word!
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