Pokémon is Japanese for Pocket Monsters and Chinpokomon (the South Park parody) is Japanese for Penis Monsters.
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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 Danish word for condom is 'svangerskabsforebyggendemiddel'.
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Thinking in a foreign language makes decisions more rational.
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The United States does not have an official language.
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The word "listen" contains the same letters as "silent."
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The words ‘racecar,’ ‘kayak’ and ‘level’ are the same whether
they are read left to right or right to left (palindromes).
they are read left to right or right to left (palindromes).
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"Goodbye" came from "God bye" which came from "God be with you."
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