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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In Denmark, "Fart-kontrol" means "Speed check".
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In England, in the 1880's, 'Pants' was considered a dirty word.
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The word "listen" contains the same letters as "silent."
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Shakespeare's works contain first-ever recordings of 2,035 English words, including critical, frugal, excellent, barefaced, assassination, and countless.
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The word "gorilla" comes from a Greek word that means "a tribe of hairy women".
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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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Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch procejt at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosnt mttaer waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter b
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