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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The Chinese ideogram for 'trouble' depicts two women living under one roof.
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The Danish word for condom is 'svangerskabsforebyggendemiddel'.
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In Denmark, "Fart-kontrol" means "Speed check".
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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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The P.S. at the end of a letter stands for Post Script.
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There are only four words in the English language which end in “dous”:
tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
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