The most used letter in the English alphabet is 'E', and 'Q' is the least used!
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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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French was the official language of England for over 600 years.
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Stressed is Desserts spelled backwards.
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The onion is named after the Latin word 'unio' meaning large pearl.
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Before the English speaking world was exposed to the fruit, the color orange was referred to as “geoluhread” which is Old English for red-yellow.
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'Go', is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
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A “butt” was a Medieval unit of measure for wine. Technically, a 'buttload' of wine is about 475 liters, or 126 gallons.
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