The Worst English Translation Fails of All Time

If there’s anything you take away from this list, it should be to never trust Google Translate.

What Kind of Salad?

I love salad just as much as the next guy, but this is just ridiculous. Literally, eating a pandemonium salad sounds like the worst thing that anyone can do for their digestive system. Don’t even get me started on pepper in dairy cream.

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The More You Know

  • The first American woman to go to medical school was admitted as a joke. Geneva Medical School thought it was joke when Elizabeth Blackwell applied to attend 1847. She graduated in 1849, started her own practice, and opened an infirmary for the poor.
  • The idea that a man should spend two months salary on an engagement ring was popularized by De Beers' ad agency.
  • The average person living in Sweden eats about 22 pounds of chocolate a year.
  • In 1966 and 1967, soldiers testing Agent Orange in Canada were told the chemical was completely safe and sprayed it on each other to cool off.
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