Random English Facts

    33 facts tagged with English Facts

    There are only four words in the English language which end in “dous”:
    tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
    175
    The technical term for a cat’s hairball is a “bezoar.”
    117
    English sailors were referred to as "limeys" because sailors added lime juice to their diet to combat scurvy.
    69
    Hoover vacuum cleaners were so popular in the UK that many people now refer to vacuuming as hoovering.
    59
    Englishmen drink more tea than any person of any other nation (over twenty times more than Americans)
    123