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	The shortest complete sentence in the English language is “I am.”
	The most used letter in the English alphabet is ‘E’, and ‘Q’ is the least used!
	Floccinaucinihilipilification, the declaration of an item being useless, is the longest non-medical term in the English language.
	Goddessship is the only word in the English language with a triple letter.
	The sentence “The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.” uses every letter of the alphabet!
	The sentence “Pack my box with five dozen liquor jugs” uses every letter of the alphabet and uses the least letters to do so!
	The world’s longest-named lake has 45 letters (Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg).
	In the U.S. there are 18 doctors called Dr. Doctor, and one called Dr. Surgeon. There is also a dermatologist named Dr. Rash, a psychiatrist called Dr. Couch and an anesthesiologist named Dr. Gass.
	“Rhythm” is the longest English word without a vowel.
	The longest word in the English language is ‘pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis’ which describes a lung disease caused by breathing in particles of volcanic matter or a similar fine dust.
	“Jack” is the most common name in nursery rhymes.
	In the English language there are only three words that have a letter that repeats six times. Degenerescence (six e’s), Indivisibility (six i’s), and nonannouncement (six n’s).
	The only three words in the English language to have 2 consecutive u’s are vacuum, residuum, and continuum.
	The very first dictionary “The American” took Noah Webster 20 years to put together.
	The word “alphabet” is derived from the first two letters in the Greek alphabet: “alpha” and “beta”.
	The only word in the English language that has 4 sets of double letters in a row is balloonneer.
	A moment is defined as zero seconds long.
	The only words with all the vowels listed in order are facetiously and abstemiously.
	The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is “uncopyrightable”.
	The only word with all the vowels in reverse order is subcontinental.
	There are no words in the dictionary that rhyme with: orange, purple, and month!
	Q is the only letter in the alphabet that does not appear in the name of any of the United States!
	Ernest Vincent Wright wrote a novel, “Gadsby”, which contains over 50,000 words — none of them with the letter E!
	The word "queue" is the only word in the English language that is still pronounced the same way when the last four letters are removed.
	Of all the words in the English language, the word 'set' has the most definitions.
	What is called a " French kiss" in the English speaking world is known as an " English kiss" in France.
	" Almost" is the longest word in the English language with all the letters in alphabetical order.
	"Rhythms" is the longest English word without the normal vowels, a, e, i, o, or u.
	English is the most widespread language in the world and is more widely spoken and written than any other language.
	Over 400 million people use the English vocabulary as a mother tongue.
	Over 700 million people speak English as a foreign language.
	Of all the world's languages (over 2,700) English is arguably the richest in vocabulary.
	Three-quarters of the world's mail, telexes and cables are in English.
	The main language used throughout the world on the internet is English.
	More than half of the world's technical and scientific periodicals are in English.
	English is the medium for 80% of the information stored in the world's computers.
	5 of the largest broadcasting companies in the world (CBS, NBC, ABC, BBC and CBC) transmit in English, reaching millions and millions of people all over the world.
	No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver, and purple.
	"Ough" can be pronounced in eight different ways. The following sentence contains them all: "A r ough-coated, d ough-faced pl oughman strode through the streets of Scarbor ough, c oughing and hicc oughing th oughtfully.
	The last thing to happen is the ultimate. The next-to-last is the penultimate, and the second-to-last is the antepenultimate.
	The phrase " raining cats and dogs" originated in 17th Century England. During heavy downpours of rain, many of these poor animals unfortunately drowned and their bodies would be seen floating in the rain torrents that raced through the streets. The situation gave the appearance that it had literally rained "cats and dogs" and led to the current expression.
	The plastic things on the end of shoelaces are called aglets.
	The ridges on the sides of coins are called reeding or milling.
	The side of a hammer is a cheek.
	The study of insects is called entomology.
	The study of word origins is called etymology.
	The term " devil's advocate" comes from the Roman Catholic Church. When deciding if someone should be sainted, a devil's advocate is always appointed to give an alternative view.
	The two lines that connect your top lip to the bottom of your nose are known as the philtrum.
	The white part of your fingernail is called the lunula.
	The word "assassination" was invented by Shakespeare.
	The word "karate" means "empty hand."
	The word 'news' did not come about because it was the plural of 'new.' It came from the first letters of the words North, East, West and South. This was because information was being gathered from all different directions.
	The ZIP in Zip-code stands for "Zoning Improvement Plan."
	A bibliophile is a collector of rare books. A bibliopole is a seller of rare books.
	The name of all the continents end with the same letter that they start with.
	Malaria was so named because it was associated with the vapours rising from swamps ("mala" means bad and "aria" means air).
	The sentence "the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" uses every letter in the English language.
	Q is the only letter in the alphabet that does not appear in the name of any of the states of the USA.
	The word 'grammar' entered medieval English as 'gramarye,' via Scotland. The Scots got it from the French word, 'grimoire,' which meant a collection of magic spells.
	In English, "four" is the only digit that has the same number of letters as its value.
	English soldiers of the Hundred Years War were known to the French as "Les Goddams" because of the large number of swear words they used.
	The names of all the continents end with the same letter that they start with.
	The only 15-letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is uncopyrightable.
	The word bread meaning "money" comes from old Cockney rhyming slang "Give me your money. Give me your bread and honey."
	The three words in the English language with the letters "uu" are: vacuum, residuum and continuum.