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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The Bible has been translated into Klingon.
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There is a 600 year old 240 paged book called the Voynich Manuscript, that’s written language is still completely unknown today.
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The word 'mile' is derived from the Latin word for 1,000 - the number of paces it took the average Roman!
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In Turkish, the bird we call a Turkey is called "Hindi" ("from India"). In India, it's called "Peru." In Arabic, the bird is called "Greek chicken"; in Greek it's called "French chicken"; and in French it's called "Indian chicken." The bird is indigenous to none of these places.
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The United States does not have an official language.
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"Stewardesses" is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand.
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