The word 'mile' is derived from the Latin word for 1,000 - the number of paces it took the average Roman!
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"Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt"!
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More people in China speak English than in the United States.
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Shakespeare invented over 1,700 words that we use today.
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The word taxi is spelled the same in English, German, French, Swedish, Spanish and Portuguese.
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The dot over the letter 'i' is called a tittle.
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The word 'News' is actually an acronym standing for the 4 cardinal compass points - North, East, West, and South!
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The Danish word for condom is 'svangerskabsforebyggendemiddel'.
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