Shakespeare's works contain first-ever recordings of 2,035 English words, including critical, frugal, excellent, barefaced, assassination, and countless.
63
The longest word in the English language is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconioses!
84
WAS IT A CAR OR A CAT I SAW.. 'WASITACARORACATISAW'.. This is the only English sentence which even if we read in reverse, it'll give the same sentence.
398
The onion is named after the Latin word 'unio' meaning large pearl.
69
The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is "uncopyrightable"!
95
The word "pornography" comes from the Greek meaning the "writings of prostitutes."
73
More people in Africa speak French than in France itself.
12
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