In Denmark, "Fart-kontrol" means "Speed check".
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The phrase 'rule of thumb' is derived from and old English law which stated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb.
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The Chinese ideogram for 'trouble' depicts two women living under one roof.
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Beelzebub is Hebrew for 'Lord of the Flies'.
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In England, in the 1880's, "Pants" was considered a dirty word!
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'⸮' is a punctuation mark that was first proposed in the 1580s to denote sarcasm or irony.
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The dab of toothpaste you squeeze onto your toothbrush is called a "nurdle".
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In England, in the 1880's, 'Pants' was considered a dirty word.
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