Before the English speaking world was exposed to the fruit, the color orange was referred to as “geoluhread” which is Old English for red-yellow.
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Beelzebub is Hebrew for 'Lord of the Flies'.
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The dab of toothpaste you squeeze onto your toothbrush is called a "nurdle".
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"Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt"!
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The Danish word for condom is 'svangerskabsforebyggendemiddel'.
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The name Wendy was made up for the book Peter Pan.
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In Denmark, "Fart-kontrol" means "Speed check".
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Pinocchio is Italian for "pine eye"!
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