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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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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Thinking in a foreign language makes decisions more rational.
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There are around 41,806 different spoken languages in the world today.
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The Simpsons are responsible for popularizing the word 'meh'.
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Switching letters is called spoonerism. For example, saying "jag of Flapan", instead of "flag of Japan".
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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 Bible has been translated into Klingon.
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