Q is the only letter in the alphabet that does not appear in the name of any of the United States!
57
Stressed is Desserts spelled backwards.
130
The word 'gymnasium' comes from the Greek word gymnazein which means 'to exercise naked.'"
98
The word taxi is spelled the same in English, German, French, Swedish, Spanish and Portuguese.
96
The word "pornography" comes from the Greek meaning the "writings of prostitutes."
73
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.
48
In England, in the 1880's, 'Pants' was considered a dirty word.
121
The longest word in the English language is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconioses!
84