After Germany surrendered in WW2, people in Moscow partied until the entire city actually ran out of vodka.
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Nokia was once famous as a manufacturer of toilet paper.
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North Korea uses a fax machine to send threats to South Korea.
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In England, there's a phenomenon called the "half-time kettle effect" where power use surges at half-time during England's matches in the World Cup as everyone turns on their tea kettles at the same time.
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In 1964, in Holland's embassy in Moscow, two Siamese cats kept meowing and clawing at the walls of the building. Their owners finally investigated, thinking they would find mice. Instead, they discovered microphones hidden by Russian spies.
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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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In Chinese, the KFC slogan "finger lickin' good" comes out as "eat your fingers off".
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