The longest one-syllable word in the English language is
'screeched.'

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

Almonds are members of the peach family.

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

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

Ingrown toenails are hereditary.

The word 'set' has more definitions than any other
word in the English language.

'Underground' is the only word in the English language
that begins and ends with the letters 'und.'

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

The longest word in the English language, according to
the Oxford English Dictionary, is
pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis.
The only other word with the same amount of letters is
pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconioses, its plural.
The longest place-name still in use is
Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapiki
maungahoronukupokaiwenua kitnatahu, a New Zealand hill.

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

An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.

Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.

Donald Duck's middle name is Fauntleroy.

The muzzle of a lion is like a fingerprint - no two
lions have  the same pattern of whiskers.

A pregnant goldfish is called a twit.

The Ramses brand condom is named after the great
phaoroh Ramses II who fathered over 160 children.

There is a seven letter word in the English language
that contains ten words without rearranging any of its letters,
'therein': the, there, he, in, rein, her, here, ere, therein, herein.

Duelling is legal in Paraguay as long as both parties
are registered blood donors.

John Larroquette of 'Night Court' and 'The John Larroquette Show' 
was the narrator of 'The Texas Chainsaw Massacre.'

A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds.

It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.

Cranberries are sorted for ripeness by bouncing them;
a fully
ripened cranberry can be dribbled like a basketball.

The male gypsy moth can 'smell' the virgin female
gypsy moth from 1.8 miles away.

'Stewardesses' is the longest word that can be typed
with only the left hand.

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.'

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

Emus and kangaroos cannot walk backwards, and are on the
Australian coat of arms for that reason.

Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds, while dogs
only have about ten.

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

The reason firehouses have circular stairways is from
the days of yore when the engines were pulled by horses. The 
horses were stabled on the ground floor and figured out how to
walk up straight staircases.

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

The first episode of 'Joanie Loves Chachi' was the
highest rated American program in the history of Korean television.
'Chachi' is Korean for 'pe#is.'