Interesting Facts:
1. The longest one-syllable word in the English 
language is "screeched." 

2. "Dreamt" is the only English word that ends 
in the letters "mt".

3.  No word in English language rhymes with 
"month," "silver," "purple," or "orange." 

4. The symbol on the "pound" key (#) is called 
an octothorpe.  

5.  The symbol used in many URLs (Web addresses) 
is called a tilde. (~)

6. The dot over the letter 'i' is called a tittle. 

7. The word "set" has more definitions than any 
other word in English. 

8. "Underground" is the only word in English that 
begins and ends with the letters "und." 

9. There are only four words in the English language 
which end in "-dous": tremendous, horrendous, 
stupendous, and hazardous. 

10. The longest word in the English language, 
according to the Oxford English Dictionary, is
pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis. 

11. The only other word with the same amount of 
letters is its plural: 
pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconioses. 

12. The longest place-name still in use is
Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwe-nuakit natahu, 
the Maori name of a hill in New Zealand. 

13. Los Angeles's full name is "El Pueblo de Nuestra 
Senora la Reinade los Angeles de Porciuncula" and 
can be abbreviated to 3.63% of its size, L.A. 

14.  The verb "cleave" has definitions which are 
antonyms of each other: to adhere and to separate.

15.  The verb "sanction" also has definitions which 
are antonyms:  to sponsor and to ban.

16. A pregnant goldfish is called a twit. 

17. There is a seven-letter word in English that 
contains eleven words without rearranging any of its 
letters, "therein": the, there, he, in, rein, her, 
here, ere, I, therein, herein. 

18. 'Stewardesses' is the longest English word that 
is typed with only the left hand. 

19. The combination "ough" can be pronounced in nine 
different ways; the following sentence contains them 
all: "A rough-coated, dough-faced, thoughtful ploughman 
strode through the streets of Scarborough; after falling 
into a slough, he coughed and hiccoughed." 

20. The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without 
repeating a letter is "uncopyrightable." 

21. "Facetious" and "abstemious" contain all the vowels in 
the correct order, as does arsenious, meaning "containing 
arsenic." 

22. The word "Checkmate" in chess comes from the Persian 
phrase "Shah Mat," which means "the king is dead." 

23.  Only three words have entered English from Czech:  
polka, pilsner, and robot.