TIL the original word for "wolf" in Swedish was "ulv." Superstition lead to people adopting the word "varg," which originally meant "stranger." They believed that saying "ulv" would summon a wolf

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TIL the original word for "wolf" in Swedish was "ulv." Superstition lead to people adopting the word "varg," which originally meant "stranger." They believed that saying "ulv" would summon a wolf

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