Trivia and Amazing Facts
- Ketchup was sold in the 1830's as a medicine
- The word "four" has four letters. In the English language there is no other number whose number of letters is equal to its value
- English has replaced Russian as the most popular foreign language in schools in China
- Benjamin Franklin compiled a list of more than 200 synonyms for "drunk," including cherry-merry, nimptopsical, and soaked
- Portmanteau words are descriptive word combinations, such as brunch (from breakfast and lunch), motel (from motor and hotel), and smog (from smoke and fog)
