PlacesFunnyOutdatedIn Chinese, the KFC slogan "finger lickin' good" comes out as "eat your fingers off".1k5k
TechnologyInterestingTYPEWRITER is one of the longest common words that can be typed using only the top row of a QWERTY keyboard, though three obscure 11-letter words (rupturewort, proprietory, and proterotype) technically hold the record.1k4k
PeopleInterestingIf you mouth the word "colorful" to someone, it looks like you are saying "I love you".83011k
HistoryInterestingThe abbreviation Xmas isn't irreligious. The letter X is a Greek abbreviation for Christ.4002k
BodyInterestingThe sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over a lazy dog." uses every letter of the alphabet!3512k
BodyInterestingThe words ‘racecar,’ ‘kayak’ and ‘level’ are the same whether they are read left to right or right to left (palindromes).3053k
PlacesWeirdIn parts of Albania and Bulgaria, particularly among older generations, a side-to-side head shake means 'yes' while an upward head tilt means 'no' — the opposite of most countries.2372k
PeopleInterestingFemales learn to talk earlier, use sentences earlier, and learn to read more quickly than males.1581k
BodyInterestingThe longest word in the English language is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconioses!1139k
BodyInterestingThe word taxi is spelled the same in English, German, French, Swedish, Spanish and Portuguese.1122k
PlacesInterestingThe longest commonly-recognized words with no repeating letters are "uncopyrightable" and "dermatoglyphics," both at 15 letters!1092k
BodyInterestingOutdatedThe word 'set' has more definitions than any other word in the English language.1051k
PlacesWeirdThe longest place name in Europe is llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantsiliogogogoch in Wales.1012k
PlacesInterestingThe six official languages of the United Nations are Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish.921k