AMAZING FACTS

"Taxi" is spelled exactly the same in English, French, German, Swedish, Portuguese, and Dutch

"Fortnight" is a contraction of "fourteen nights." In the US "two weeks" is more commonly used.

"One thousand" contains the letter A, but none of the words from one to nine hundred ninety-nine has an A.

"Forty" is the only number which has its letters in alphabetical order. "One" is the only number with its letters in reverse alphabetical order.

"Ma is as selfless as I am" can be read the same way backwards. If you take away all the spaces you can see that all the letters can be spelled out both ways.

"Four" is the only number whose number of letters in the name equals the number.

"Ough" can be pronounced in eight different ways. The following sentence contains them all: "A rough-coated, dough-faced ploughman strode through the streets of Scarborough, coughing and hiccoughing thoughtfully.

"The sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick" is said to be the toughest tongue twister in English.

"Stewardesses" is the longest word that can be typed with only the left hand.

"THEREIN" is a seven-letter word that contains thirteen words spelled using consecutive letters: the, he, her, er, here, I, there, ere, rein, re, in, therein, and herein.