The longest word in the English language is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconioses!
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French was the official language of England for over 600 years.
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The equivalents of the English saying "That's Greek to me" are "This appears to be Spanish" (German), "This is Chinese to me" (Dutch), "It's German to me" (Philippines), "It's Hebrew" (Finnish), "It's Chinese to me" (Hebrew), "Sounds like Mars language/These are chicken intestines" (China).
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Ernest Vincent Wright wrote a novel, "Gadsby", which contains over 50,000 words -- none of them with the letter E!
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There was no punctuation until the 15th century.
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Hoover vacuum cleaners were so popular in the UK that many people now refer to vacuuming as hoovering.
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The phrase 'rule of thumb' is derived from and old English law which stated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb.
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The onion is named after the Latin word 'unio' meaning large pearl.
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