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 Chinese ideogram for 'trouble' depicts two women living under one roof.
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A “butt” was a Medieval unit of measure for wine. Technically, a 'buttload' of wine is about 475 liters, or 126 gallons.
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There are no words in the dictionary that rhyme with: orange, purple, and month! Interesting tries from our readers: orange: door hinge, melange (French for mix) purple: hurtle, durple?, turtle month: once, bunth?, hunch
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The word taxi is spelled the same in English, German, French, Swedish, Spanish and Portuguese.
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The Danish word for condom is 'svangerskabsforebyggendemiddel'.
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More people in Africa speak French than in France itself.
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Beelzebub is Hebrew for 'Lord of the Flies'.
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