French was the official language of England for over 600 years.
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The dab of toothpaste you squeeze onto your toothbrush is called a "nurdle".
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Shakespeare's works contain first-ever recordings of 2,035 English words, including critical, frugal, excellent, barefaced, assassination, and countless.
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The P.S. at the end of a letter stands for Post Script.
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The distress code 'Mayday' comes from the French for help me, M'Aide!
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More people in China speak English than in the United States.
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The longest word in the English language is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconioses!
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There are no words in the dictionary that rhyme with: orange, purple, and month! Interesting tries from our readers: orange: door hinge, melange (French for mix) purple: hurtle, durple?, turtle month: once, bunth?, hunch
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