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 Tips is actually an acronym standing for 'To Insure Prompt Service'.
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The name Wendy was made up for the book Peter Pan.
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The words ‘racecar,’ ‘kayak’ and ‘level’ are the same whether
they are read left to right or right to left (palindromes).
they are read left to right or right to left (palindromes).
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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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Canada is an Indian word meaning 'Big Village'.
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There was no punctuation until the 15th century.
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French was the official language of England for over 600 years.
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