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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There are around 41,806 different spoken languages in the world today.
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The word "listen" contains the same letters as "silent."
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The words ‘racecar,’ ‘kayak’ and ‘level’ are the same whether
they are read left to right or right to left (palindromes).
they are read left to right or right to left (palindromes).
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TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard.
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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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Shakespeare invented over 1,700 words that we use today.
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