If you mouth the word "colorful" to someone, it looks like you are saying "I love you".
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The word "listen" contains the same letters as "silent."
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The equivalents of the English saying "That's Greek to me" are "This appears to be Spanish" (German), "This is Chinese to me" (Dutch), "It's German to me" (Philippines), "It's Hebrew" (Finnish), "It's Chinese to me" (Hebrew), "Sounds like Mars language/These are chicken intestines" (China).
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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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The six official languages of the United Nations are Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish.
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The dab of toothpaste you squeeze onto your toothbrush is called a "nurdle".
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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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