- the winter of 1932 was so cold that Niagara Falls froze over completely
- the word 'almost' is the longest in the English language with all the letters in alphabetical order
- the word denim comes from 'de Nimes' or from Nimes which is a town in France
- the word fortnight is a contraction of the 2 words 'fourteen nights'
- the word 'karate' means 'empty hand'
- the word laser stands for 'Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation'
- the word 'lethologica' describes the state of not being able to remember the word you want
- the word old English word 'juke' meaning dancing lends its name to the juke box
- the word 'rhythms' is the longest word without any vowels
- the word 'Strengths' is the longest word in the English language with just one vowel
- the word 'taxi' is spelled the same in English, German, French, Swedish, and Portuguese
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