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“Canada” is an Indian word meaning “Big Village”.
“Dreamt” is the only English word that ends in the letters “mt”.
“Almost” is the longest commonly used word in the English language with all the letters in alphabetical order.
“Forty” is the only number which has its letters in alphabetical order. “One” is the only number with its letters in reverse alphabetical order.
“Four” is the only number whose number of letters in the name equals the number.
“Happy Birthday” was the first song to be performed in outer space, sung by the Apollo IX astronauts on March 8, 1969.
“One thousand” contains the letter A, but none of the words from one to nine hundred ninetynine has an A.“Asthma” and “isthmi” are the only six-letter words that begin and end with a vowel and have no other vowels between.
“Underground” is the only word in the English language that begins and ends with the letters“und”.
“Rhythms” is the longest English word without the normal vowels-a, e, i, o, u.
“Fortnight” is a contraction of “fourteen nights”. In the US “two weeks” is more commonly used.
“Taxi” is spelled exactly the same in English, French, German, Swedish, Portuguese, and Dutch.
“Speak of the Devil” is short for “Speak of the Devil and he shall come”. It was believed that if you spoke about the Devil it would attract his attention. That’s why when you’re talking about someone and they show up people say “Speak of the Devil”.
“Dreamt” is the only English word that ends in the letters “mt”.
“Almost” is the longest commonly used word in the English language with all the letters in alphabetical order.
“Forty” is the only number which has its letters in alphabetical order. “One” is the only number with its letters in reverse alphabetical order.
“Four” is the only number whose number of letters in the name equals the number.
“Happy Birthday” was the first song to be performed in outer space, sung by the Apollo IX astronauts on March 8, 1969.
“One thousand” contains the letter A, but none of the words from one to nine hundred ninetynine has an A.“Asthma” and “isthmi” are the only six-letter words that begin and end with a vowel and have no other vowels between.
“Underground” is the only word in the English language that begins and ends with the letters“und”.
“Rhythms” is the longest English word without the normal vowels-a, e, i, o, u.
“Fortnight” is a contraction of “fourteen nights”. In the US “two weeks” is more commonly used.
“Taxi” is spelled exactly the same in English, French, German, Swedish, Portuguese, and Dutch.
“Speak of the Devil” is short for “Speak of the Devil and he shall come”. It was believed that if you spoke about the Devil it would attract his attention. That’s why when you’re talking about someone and they show up people say “Speak of the Devil”.