In Denmark, "Fart-kontrol" means "Speed check".
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More people in Africa speak French than in France itself.
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Stressed is Desserts spelled backwards.
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The word 'mortgage' comes from a French law term that means 'death pledge'.
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Pinocchio is Italian for "pine eye"!
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Shakespeare's works contain first-ever recordings of 2,035 English words, including critical, frugal, excellent, barefaced, assassination, and countless.
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The Danish word for condom is 'svangerskabsforebyggendemiddel'.
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In England, in the 1880's, "Pants" was considered a dirty word!
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