In Denmark, "Fart-kontrol" means "Speed check".
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The equivalents of the English saying "That's Greek to me" are "This appears to be Spanish" (German), "This is Chinese to me" (Dutch), "It's German to me" (Philippines), "It's Hebrew" (Finnish), "It's Chinese to me" (Hebrew), "Sounds like Mars language/These are chicken intestines" (China).
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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 "pornography" comes from the Greek meaning the "writings of prostitutes."
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The dot over the letter 'i' is called a tittle.
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French was the official language of England for over 600 years.
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'Go', is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
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The word "listen" contains the same letters as "silent."
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