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Funnily enough, there is no single word for this in German of all languages. You just say “heat something up in the microwave”. The standard verb form would be “mikrowellieren”, but I’ve never heard anyone say that.

Ok, then I understand. In my household we sometimes need 4 eggs for scrambled eggs or pancakes a week. And I never do the floating test, I just pay attention to how the egg smells.

How long did you keep the eggs for? I’ve never had one go bad in my entire life. Where I live, eggs can be bought in boxes of 6, 8 or 10.

That’s already been reversed: DHL lifts suspension of high-value deliveries to US

Exactly! Bicycle pedals have a left-hand thread on the left-hand side and “normal” threads on the right-hand side.

In the plumbing sector, left-hand threads are used whenever two pipe ends need to be connected that cannot be rotated. The connector is then equipped with a left-hand and right-hand thread and can therefore easily be screwed between them.

So it’s not just typical for Nordic countries, but depends on the application.