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 England, in the 1880's, 'Pants' was considered a dirty word.
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The word Tips is actually an acronym standing for 'To Insure Prompt Service'.
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The most popular first name in the world is Muhammad!
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The distress code 'Mayday' comes from the French for help me, M'Aide!
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"Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt"!
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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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The name Wendy was made up for the book Peter Pan.
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