Crayola is a French word that means 'Oily chalk.'"
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In Denmark, "Fart-kontrol" means "Speed check".
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The Chinese ideogram for 'trouble' depicts two women living under one roof.
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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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The word 'Indiana' is Native American for 'Land of the Indians', yet less than 16,000 Native Americans live there.
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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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