In Denmark, "Fart-kontrol" means "Speed check".
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'⸮' is a punctuation mark that was first proposed in the 1580s to denote sarcasm or irony.
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The word taxi is spelled the same in English, German, French, Swedish, Spanish and Portuguese.
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The distress code 'Mayday' comes from the French for help me, M'Aide!
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A “butt” was a Medieval unit of measure for wine. Technically, a 'buttload' of wine is about 475 liters, or 126 gallons.
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Shakespeare invented over 1,700 words that we use today.
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"Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt"!
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Floccinaucinihilipilification, the declaration of an item being useless, is the longest non-medical term in the English language.
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