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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Shakespeare's works contain first-ever recordings of 2,035 English words, including critical, frugal, excellent, barefaced, assassination, and countless.
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The six official languages of the United Nations are Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish.
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Pinocchio is Italian for "pine eye"!
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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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WAS IT A CAR OR A CAT I SAW.. 'WASITACARORACATISAW'.. This is the only English sentence which even if we read in reverse, it'll give the same sentence.
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More people in China speak English than in the United States.
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