Transport Chilled

September 25, 2016, 3:00 am

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When you pack for a tropical vacation but the airplane cabin temperature is freezing

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Questionable Accuracy

October 2, 2016, 3:00 am

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Road is a loose term in Nepal. Google Maps is not accurate in Nepal

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Potent Repellent

October 9, 2016, 3:00 am

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Learning Klingon can be great to confuse people who speak lots of languages like polyglots

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nItebHa' mamI' DaneH'a'?

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Unclear Origins

October 16, 2016, 3:10 am

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Portuguese people travel to Brazil and are complimented on their excellent Portuguese language

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Third Three

October 23, 2016, 3:00 am

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In Thailand there are three three o'clocks: three in the morning, three in the afternoon and three at night, which is nine pm 9:00pm

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Now available at every three - and all the other numbers, too!

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Punctuality

October 30, 2016, 4:00 am

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Cryptic Sequence

November 6, 2016, 3:00 am

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In French writing phone numbers down is the worst

I promise, I'm done making fun of French numbers. Peut-être.

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(No phone number required)

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Hurts Good

November 13, 2016, 3:00 am

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In the USA, saunas have hot rocks. In Japan, spas are naked baths. In Sweden, you swim in ice water before saunas. In Russia spas you hit each other with tree branches, called banya

It's called banya and it looks super painful...in a good way.

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Uncooperative Climate

November 20, 2016, 3:00 am

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Das Wrongword

November 27, 2016, 3:00 am

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Words Germans think are English but are not handy beamer box smoking oldtimer mobbing pullunder bodybag

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Pointless Translation

December 4, 2016, 3:00 am

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GREAT NEWS!
The fan-favorite Guide to Asian Scripts Comic
is now on a shirt!

Available only until December 6th! Limited time oh my god!

Order it now, get it just in time for the holidays gift exchange period time.

Check it out in the store!

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Tourist Trapped

December 11, 2016, 3:00 am

≫ Next: ScanDNAvia

≪ Previous: Pointless Translation

India Indian tourists take more pictures photos with white people westerners foreigners than of the sights

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Honk if you've ever been more popular than the sights.

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ScanDNAvia

December 18, 2016, 3:00 am

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The most violent and adventurous Vikings left Scandinavia and settled in Britain. The British are the true Vikings

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Equal Opportunity Celebrator

December 25, 2016, 3:00 am

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Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Krampusnacht, Bodhi Day, Pancha Ganapati, Saint Nicholas Day, Winter Solstice, Yule, Dies Natalis Solis Invicti

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Happy Every Holiday Day!

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Happy New Everything

January 1, 2017, 3:00 am

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Subject Irrelevant

January 8, 2017, 3:00 am

≫ Next: Half O'Clock

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...if you also like hearing about colons in Italian.

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Half O'Clock

January 15, 2017, 3:00 am

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In Germany half five means four thirty, in the UK England half five means five thirty half o'clock

And the American's been there since two thirty...

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Uncooperative Participant

January 22, 2017, 3:00 am

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Taking a biometric passport photo of infant baby newborn is impossible

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Even newborns have wanderlust. Maybe too much.

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More Volume

January 29, 2017, 3:00 am

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When you're learning a language and people just talk louder at you. Typical of well-meaning in-laws

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Speech Figures

February 5, 2017, 3:00 am

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Untranslateable Idioms from Around the World - Swedish Kazakh Portuguese Polish Russian Japanese Latvian Thai figures of speech

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Let's all slide shrimpwise together.

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