In Denmark, "Fart-kontrol" means "Speed check".
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The word 'mortgage' comes from a French law term that means 'death pledge'.
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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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Hoover vacuum cleaners were so popular in the UK that many people now refer to vacuuming as hoovering.
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Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch procejt at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosnt mttaer waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter b
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Crayola is a French word that means 'Oily chalk.'"
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