The distress code 'Mayday' comes from the French for help me, M'Aide!
40
The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is "uncopyrightable"!
95
A legend suggests that clans of long ago that wanted to get rid of their unwanted people without killing them used to burn their houses down - hence the expression "to get fired."
95
'⸮' is a punctuation mark that was first proposed in the 1580s to denote sarcasm or irony.
17
The word "gorilla" comes from a Greek word that means "a tribe of hairy women".
12
In England, in the 1880's, "Pants" was considered a dirty word!
27
The word "impossible" dropped in use by 50% over the course of the 20th century
5
The most used letter in the English alphabet is 'E', and 'Q' is the least used!
90