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Day Fifty four - Decorations

Learn 3 swear words in your target language.

We were unsure about which ones to add, so yeah, here you have a selction of the most used and famous ones (probably). Some people sometimes comes out with the weirdest stuff when trying not to swear, so we’ll add some examples out of these too (n.4):

1) Vaffanculo - fuck you / fuck off / go fuck yourself

2) Merda / Cazzo - shit, crap, fuck

3) Accidenti / Cavoli / Caspita - damn, crap (less rude. Some others are kinda funny like “perdincibacco” and its variation “perdincibaccolina” and the variation of “caspita” =  “caspiterina”. The funnier to me is still “ohibò”) Porca troia / Porca puttana - fuck it, (holy) shit, crap (first two translate as: goddamn bitch) [ also, a bit milder Porca miseria / Porca vacca (goddamn misery / goddamn cow) ]  (more rude)

aliens: because theres people who think that english is the only language they need to speak

aliens: weil es leute gibt die glauben dass englisch die einzige sprache ist die sie sprechen müssen

aliens: omdat er mensen zijn die denken dat engels de enige taal is die ze hoeven te spreken

alienit: koska tääl on ihmisiä joitten mielestä englanti on ainoo kieli jota niitten täytyy puhua

宇宙人: 英語しか喋る必要がないと思う人がいるからです

aliens: wieldat dat Lüüd gifft, de dinkt dat Engelsch de allenige Spraak weer, de een snacken mütt

shisheeyaha: dadka intiisa badani u malaynayaan in Ingiriisidu tahay afka oo kaliya ay u baahan yihiin inay la hadlaan

外星人：因为有人以为他们只会英语就可以了

taga-ibang planeta: kasi merong mga taong akala nila Ingles lang ang kailangan nilang matutunang lenggwahe

utomjordingar: för det finns folk som tror att engelska är det ända språket de behöver kunna

Mimozemšťani: Protože tu jsou lidé, kteří si myslí, že angličtina je jediný jazyk, který potřebují znát

kosmici: ponieważ są ludzie, którzy myślą, że angielski to jedyny język, którego potrzebuję

alieni: perchè ci sono delle persone che credono che l’inglese sia l’unica lingua di cui hanno bisogno

Extraterrestre: porque hay personas quienes creen que inglés es la única lengua que se tiene que hablar.

Chinese giant salamanders suck.

Seriously, have you seen one catch a meal?

Some might say these living fossils kill their victims by sucking out their souls. The Chinese giant salamander is the largest amphibian in the world. These voracious predators use a vacuum-like mechanism to suck up prey. The San Diego Zoo is caring for these critically endangered salamanders behind-the-scenes after they were rescued from wildlife trafficking in Hong Kong.

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The Aitvaras is a house spirit in Lithuanian mythology. Depicted as a black or white rooster with a fiery tail, it is said to be able to hatch from the egg of a nine-to-fifteen year old rooster. When it dies, its body will become an ember.

The Aitvaras is said to lodge in houses, bringing either good or bad luck. Some stories say that when an Aitvaras is outside, it resembles a dragon, and only takes on the form of a bird when it is indoors.

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Monster master list.

Liogats are vampiric creatures from Albanian mythology. They are said to be horrifically ugly and incredibly violent.

Liogats dwell in shadows and darkness, and can ride the winds. They attack people when they sleep, and are especially fond of children. When concealed in darkness, liogats will also lure people to them.

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The uktena is a mythical horned serpent from the beliefs of the Cherokee people. It is described as a great snake, as thick as a tree trunk, with glowing scales and a crest like a diamond on its forehead.

The Uktena is invulnerable, with only one spot on its head being vulnerable. The diamond-like crest, known as the ulun'suti, is said to grant great powers. However, attaining it is no easy feat, as the creature has a dazzling gaze and poisonous breath.

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Shui gui are a type of ghost in Chinese folklore. The spirits of those who have drowned, shui gui dwell where they died, typically in bodies of water such as ponds or rivers.

Shui gui will lure people to them, drowning their victims. Through a process known as “tì shēn,” the victim’s soul will be extracted to replace the shui gui, while the shui gui inhabits its victims body to resume its life.

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In Belgian folklore, the Kludde is a type of evil spirit. Often appearing as a large black dog with bat-like wings and chains around its thoat, it can change its form into many animals, including cats, snakes, ravens, frogs and bats.

The Kludde often appears as a half-starved horse, who will lure in a groom or stableboy and then drown them, much like the each-uisge. The Kludde is greatly feared, so much so that people will avoid roads, fields and forests purported to be haunted by the spirit.

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In Greek mythology, Laelaps was a magical dog who always caught what she hunted. Laelaps was given to King Minos by his mother Europa, who received the dog as a gift from Zeus.

Minos later gifted the dog to Procris. Her husband Cephalus set Laelaps on the Teumessian fox, which could never be caught. Their paradoxical chase went on until Zeus turned them both to stars. Laelaps became the constellation Canis Major.

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