Q is the only letter in the alphabet that does not appear in the name of any of the United States!
57
Before the English speaking world was exposed to the fruit, the color orange was referred to as “geoluhread” which is Old English for red-yellow.
7
The Danish word for condom is 'svangerskabsforebyggendemiddel'.
89
The onion is named after the Latin word 'unio' meaning large pearl.
69
French was the official language of England for over 600 years.
91
Ernest Vincent Wright wrote a novel, "Gadsby", which contains over 50,000 words -- none of them with the letter E!
77
Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch procejt at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosnt mttaer waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter b
923
The Chinese ideogram for 'trouble' depicts two women living under one roof.
89