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 word "gorilla" comes from a Greek word that means "a tribe of hairy women".
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Borat, when supposedly speaking in Kazakh with his partner throughout the film, was actually speaking fluent Hebrew.
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The six official languages of the United Nations are Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish.
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There are only four words in the English language which end in “dous”:
tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
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The word 'mortgage' comes from a French law term that means 'death pledge'.
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