Fact: Eskimos have over 100 words for ice.

Eskimos have over 100 words for ice.

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In Chinese the words for crisis and opportunity are the same. See more

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Shakespeare invented the words "assassination" and "bump". See more

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Some Eskimos have been known to use refrigerators to keep their food from freezing. See more

Posted in Health & Food by Paul van der Maas

There are only four words in the English language which end in "-dous": tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous. See more

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The longest one-syllable words in the English language are "strengths" and "screeched". See more

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The name for having a fear of long words: Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia. Ironic, isn't it? See more

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The vocabulary of the average person consists of 5,000 to 6,000 words. See more

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Typewriter, is one of the longest words that can be made using the letters on only one row of the keyboard. See more