In England, in the 1880's, "Pants" was considered a dirty word!
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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 word 'gymnasium' comes from the Greek word gymnazein which means 'to exercise naked.'"
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'Vodka' is Russian for 'little water'.
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'Go', is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
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The name Wendy was made up for the book Peter Pan.
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"Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt"!
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The dab of toothpaste you squeeze onto your toothbrush is called a "nurdle".
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