Pinocchio is Italian for "pine eye"!
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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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The word "gorilla" comes from a Greek word that means "a tribe of hairy women".
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The Danish word for condom is 'svangerskabsforebyggendemiddel'.
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"Goodbye" came from "God bye" which came from "God be with you."
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'Vodka' is Russian for 'little water'.
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