In Denmark, "Fart-kontrol" means "Speed check".
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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 distress code 'Mayday' comes from the French for help me, M'Aide!
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The word "gorilla" comes from a Greek word that means "a tribe of hairy women".
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More people in Africa speak French than in France itself.
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Pinocchio is Italian for "pine eye"!
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Beelzebub is Hebrew for 'Lord of the Flies'.
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