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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The best ones are thoughts that many people can relate to and they find something funny or interesting in regular stuff.

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It's been 30 years and I still can't get over the fact that the French word for "potatoes" is "ground apples." Have The French never had an apple? (midwest.social)

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[–] [email protected] 53 points 2 weeks ago (9 children)

Some German speakers say "Erdapfel" which is literally "earth apple."

[–] [email protected] 30 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

In Dutch, a potato is called aardappel, which literally translates to "earth apple" (aarde meaning "earth" and appel meaning "apple").

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 weeks ago

Unsurprisingly, similar for us in Afrikaans.

"Aartappel"

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