The tune of The Star Spangled Banner was an old English drinking song . It was not made the official national anthem until 1931. See more

The national anthem of Greece has 158 verses. No one in Greece has memorized all 158 verses. See more

The word "set" has more definitions than any other word in the English language. See more

The sentence "the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" uses every letter in the English language. See more

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

"I am." is the shortest complete sentence in the English language. See more

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

"Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt". See more

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

The word "four" has four letters. In the English language there is no other number whose number of letters is equal to its value. See more

"Almost" is the longest word in the English language with all the letters in alphabetical order. See more

No word in the English language rhymes with "month", "orange", "silver" or "purple". See more

The longest word in the English language is 1909 letters long and it refers to a distinct part of DNA. See more

Ostriches stick their heads into the sand to find underground drinking water. See more

A teaspoon of neutron star material weighs about 110 million tons. See more

A company, Warner Communications paid $28 million for the copyright to the song 'Happy Birthday'. See more