Random English Facts

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    The P.S. at the end of a letter stands for Post Script.
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    Hoover vacuum cleaners were so popular in the UK that many people now refer to vacuuming as hoovering.
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    "Stewardesses" is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand.
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    Floccinaucinihilipilification, the declaration of an item being useless, is the longest non-medical term in the English language.
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    The six official languages of the United Nations are Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish.
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    The technical term for a cat’s hairball is a “bezoar.”
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