Yes. Czech is ridiculous, How about “Kupujte v Evrope” / “Nakupujte v Evrope” - that literally means “Buy in Europe” not “Buy European products”, yet Its short I believe has pretty much the same meaning.

That is a famous superstition https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8wZbNmdIKw

To be fair: I didn’t know either, until I had a long discussion on the topic with my colleagues wife - who is an Italian.

“Al dente” essentially means “cook your pasta as long as you like”