Let me......Entertain You Part II

What's that? you want MORE??? How very dare you.

OK, here are some more facts, mainly about the English language and numbers. Hope you are amused

1. "Almost" is the longest word in common use that has all it's letters in alphabetical order

2. "Uncopyrightable" is the longest word that has no repeated letter

3. "Four" is the only number that has the same number of letters as the number itself.

4. There are 8 ways to pronounce the letters 'ough'. Reading this sentence will utilise them all:

"A rough, dough-faced ploughman strode through the streets of Scarborough, coughing and hiccoughing thoughtfully"

5. "Stewardessess" is the longest word that would be typed with only the left hand by a touch-typist. "Typewriter" is the longest word possible using only the top row of a typewriter.

6. 11% of the world are left-handed

7. (I love this one) For all you Maths geeks out there, the square of the number 111,111,111 is palindromic and contains all the digits 1 to 9 . SO: 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 is:

12,345,678,987,654,321 (I REALLY need to get out more)

8. If someone says 'I'll be back in a jiffy' they actually mean they will be back in 1/100th of a second. "Jiffy" is an offical scientific measurement of time.

9. I am officially a spremologer. (look it up!)

10. Bats always turn left when the exit a cave.