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A: Santa Clauses!
In Iceland, they come down from the mountain one by one, for the 13 days of Christmas and have names like Spoon Licker, Door Sniffer and Meat hook(?).
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A: The DVD Player!
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A: Dog! A linguist says “dog” only became the standard term within the past 500 years or so. During the…
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A: 7-Up
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A: White lines in the road!
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