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Word Taxi (Language Facts)
The word taxi is spelled the same in English, German, French, Swedish, Spanish and Portuguese.

No punctuation (Language Facts)
There was no punctuation until the 15th century.

Spoken languages in the world (Language Facts)
There are around 41,806 different spoken languages in the world today.

Shortest complete sentence (Language Facts)
'Go', is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.

Same sentence in reverse (Language Facts)
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.

Longest term in the English language (Language Facts)
Floccinaucinihilipilification, the declaration of an item being useless, is the longest non-medical term in the English language.

Get rid of their unwanted people (Language Facts)
Clans of long ago that wanted to get rid of their unwanted people without killing them used to burn their houses down - hence the expression "to get fired."

Full form of NEWS (Language Facts)
The word 'News' is actually an acronym standing for the 4 cardinal compass points - North, East, West, and South!

More definitions of a word (Language Facts)
The word 'set' has more definitions than any other word in the English language.

Goodbye Means (Language Facts)
"Goodbye" came from "God bye" which came from "God be with you."

R.S.V.P. (Language Facts)
R.S.V.P. comes from the French phrase, 'répondez, s'il vous plaît,' which means 'please reply.' According to western etiquette, you should reply promptly if you receive a formal invitation.

999 (Language Facts)
One thousand contains the letter A, but none of the words from one to nine hundred ninety-nine has an A.

Alternates hands when typing (Language Facts)
Skepticisms is the longest word that alternates hands when typing.

Four (Language Facts)
The word four has four letters. In the English language there is no other number whose number of letters is equal to its value.

Sanskrit (Language Facts)
Sanskrit is the mother of all higher languages. Sanskrit is the most precise and therefore suitable language for the computer software - a report in Forbes magazine.

15 letter word (Language Facts)
The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is uncopyrightable.

All alphabets (Language Facts)
The sentence: "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" uses every letter of the alphabet.

"Dreamt" (Language Facts)
"Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt".

End with "dous" (Language Facts)
There are only four words in the English language which end in "dous": tremendous, horrendous, stupendous and hazardous.

Vowels in order (Language Facts)
There are two words in the English language that have all five vowels in order: "abstemious" and "facetious."