Shakespeare invented over 1,700 words that we use today.
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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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It's still possible to see the division between East and West Germany due to different light bulbs.
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Romans used a plant called Silphium as contraception. They had so much sex that they drove it into extinction.
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Ice cream cones were popularized in America during the 1904 World’s Fair in Saint Louis when an ice cream vendor ran out of cups and asked a nearby waffle vendor to roll up his waffles to hold the ice cream.
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