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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Pinocchio is Italian for "pine eye"!
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China has more English speakers than the United States.
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The dab of toothpaste you squeeze onto your toothbrush is called a "nurdle".
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Iceland has been so culturally isolated through history since the Vikings, that compared to other Scandinavian counties, people who speak Icelandic can still read the old Norsk sagas.
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Beelzebub is Hebrew for 'Lord of the Flies'.
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