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

Your system of blood vessels is over 60,000 miles long. That's long enough to go around the world more than twice! See more

"Ithyphallophobia" is a morbid fear of seeing, thinking about or having an erect penis. See more

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

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

Duelling is legal in Paraguay as long as both parties are registered blood donors. See more

Long ago, clans would burn down your house to get rid of you without killin you. The phrase "your fired!" came from this. See more

Until the 1960's men with long hair were not allowed to enter Disneyland. See more

Albert Einstein's parents were worried he was mentally slow, because it took him a long time to learn how to speak. See more

Every single possible 3-character .com domain (over 50,000) has long since been registered! See more

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

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

The longest sausage made in Australia was 11 kilometers (6.9 miles) long. See more

Eskimos have over 100 words for ice. See more

On average people fear spiders more than they do death. See more

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