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

You use over 70 muscles to say one word. See more

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

The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is "uncopyrightable". See more

If you take a pencil, you can draw a 50 kilometer (31 mile) long line. See more

The animal that lived longest of all was a turtle. It lived to become the respectable age of 188 years. See more