---In England, the Speaker of the House is NOT allowed to SPEAK.
---The dictionary is the only place where "SUCCESS" comes before "WORK."
---The only 15-letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is "UNCOPYRIGHTABLE."
--- "RHYTHMS" is the longest English word without a vowel.
---Small letters are sometimes called "LOWER CASE" and large letters "UPPER CASE." This is because, in the old days of printing, before computers, the metal blocks for setting type were kept in two different boxes or "cases" -- small letters in the bottom or lower case, large letters in the top or upper case.
--- The word "NEWS" did not come about because it was the plural of "new." It came from the first letters of the words North, East, West, and South. This was because information was being gathered from all different directions.
--- The names of all the continents END with THE SAME letter they START with (AfricA, AmericA, AntarcticA, AsiA, AustraliA, EuropE).
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---The dictionary is the only place where "SUCCESS" comes before "WORK."
---The only 15-letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is "UNCOPYRIGHTABLE."
--- "RHYTHMS" is the longest English word without a vowel.
---Small letters are sometimes called "LOWER CASE" and large letters "UPPER CASE." This is because, in the old days of printing, before computers, the metal blocks for setting type were kept in two different boxes or "cases" -- small letters in the bottom or lower case, large letters in the top or upper case.
--- The word "NEWS" did not come about because it was the plural of "new." It came from the first letters of the words North, East, West, and South. This was because information was being gathered from all different directions.
--- The names of all the continents END with THE SAME letter they START with (AfricA, AmericA, AntarcticA, AsiA, AustraliA, EuropE).
share your trivia toooooooooo! :cyclops: :cyclops: :cyclops:
