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 six official languages of the United Nations are Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish.
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In Denmark, "Fart-kontrol" means "Speed check".
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The United States does not have an official language.
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The word "clitoris" comes from the Greek word meaning "side of a hill".
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Thinking in a foreign language makes decisions more rational.
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TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard.
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Switching letters is called spoonerism. For example, saying "jag of Flapan", instead of "flag of Japan".
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