The distress code 'Mayday' comes from the French for help me, M'Aide!
40
The dot over the letter 'i' is called a tittle.
123
The sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over a lazy dog." uses every letter of the alphabet!
287
'Go', is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
236
The word taxi is spelled the same in English, German, French, Swedish, Spanish and Portuguese.
96
The longest word in the English language is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconioses!
84
China has more English speakers than the United States.
42