Random English Facts

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    The technical term for a cat’s hairball is a “bezoar.”
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    The word "listen" contains the same letters as "silent."
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    Englishmen drink more tea than any person of any other nation (over twenty times more than Americans)
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    "Stewardesses" is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand.
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    Floccinaucinihilipilification, the declaration of an item being useless, is the longest non-medical term in the English language.
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    There are only four words in the English language which end in “dous”:
    tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
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