The word 'mile' is derived from the Latin word for 1,000 - the number of paces it took the average Roman!
6
Ernest Vincent Wright wrote a novel, "Gadsby", which contains over 50,000 words -- none of them with the letter E!
77
The word 'News' is actually an acronym standing for the 4 cardinal compass points - North, East, West, and South!
84
The Danish word for condom is 'svangerskabsforebyggendemiddel'.
89
There was no punctuation until the 15th century.
94
"Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt"!
64
The word 'gymnasium' comes from the Greek word gymnazein which means 'to exercise naked.'"
98