Canada is an Indian word meaning 'Big Village'.
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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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The most used letter in the English alphabet is 'E', and 'Q' is the least used!
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In England, in the 1880's, 'Pants' was considered a dirty word.
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A “butt” was a Medieval unit of measure for wine. Technically, a 'buttload' of wine is about 475 liters, or 126 gallons.
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The distress code 'Mayday' comes from the French for help me, M'Aide!
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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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