Random Language and Words Facts

Q is the only letter in the alphabet that does not appear in the name of any of the United States!

Beelzebub is Hebrew for 'Lord of the Flies'.

The word "listen" contains the same letters as "silent."

"Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt"!

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.

Pinocchio is Italian for "pine eye"!

The word taxi is spelled the same in English, German, French, Swedish, Spanish and Portuguese.

There are only four words in the English language which end in “dous”:
tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.