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GAUTAM DEY (Be Patient, Live Life) (17309 Points)

15 December 2011  

 

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“Goodbye” came from "God bye" which came from "God be with you."

 



"Go." is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.





The name of all the continents ends with the same letter that they start with.





In English, "four" is the only digit that has the same number of letters as its value.





"Typewriter" is the longest word that can be madeusing only the top row on the keyboard.

The word "checkmate" in chess comes from the Persian

phrase "shah mat" which means, "the king is dead."





The only 15-letter word that can be spelled without

repeating a letter is "uncopyrightable."





If you multiply 111,111,111 by 111,111,111, you get

12345678987654321.



The longest palindrome in English language is

malayalam





"Floccinaucinihilipilification" which means "the act

of estimating as worthless" is the longest non-medical

word in the English language; it's 29 letters long.