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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In 1700s, the deer skin was a common medium of exchange between the trading settlers and the native Red Indians in America. This is how a buck became a slang for a dollar.
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The word 'mortgage' comes from a French law term that means 'death pledge'.
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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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Floccinaucinihilipilification, the declaration of an item being useless, is the longest non-medical term in the English language.
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The word "gorilla" comes from a Greek word that means "a tribe of hairy women".
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'Go', is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
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'⸮' is a punctuation mark that was first proposed in the 1580s to denote sarcasm or irony.
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