PlacesFunnyOutdatedIn Chinese, the KFC slogan "finger lickin' good" comes out as "eat your fingers off".1k5k
PeopleInterestingIf you mouth the word "colorful" to someone, it looks like you are saying "I love you".83011k
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
PlacesMind-BlowingLongest officially recognized place name is Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateapokaiwhenuakitanatahu.1663k
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
BodyInterestingOutdatedThe word 'set' has more definitions than any other word in the English language.1051k
BodyInterestingThe word "impossible" declined in usage by roughly 50% over the course of the 20th century, according to word frequency analysis42k