Iceland has been so culturally isolated through history since the Vikings, that compared to other Scandinavian counties, people who speak Icelandic can still read the old Norsk sagas.
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Floccinaucinihilipilification, the declaration of an item being useless, is the longest non-medical term in the English language.
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The name Wendy was made up for the book Peter Pan.
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Shakespeare invented over 1,700 words that we use today.
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China has more English speakers than the United States.
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"Goodbye" came from "God bye" which came from "God be with you."
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The word 'Indiana' is Native American for 'Land of the Indians', yet less than 16,000 Native Americans live there.
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