* "Stewardesses" is the longest English-language word that is typed with only
the left hand.

* "I am" and "I do" are the shortest English-language sentences with a subject
and verb.

* "Floccinaucinihilipilification" is the longest word in the Oxford English
Dictionary. It means "the act of estimating as worthless."

* The longest place-name still in use is Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamatea-
turipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwenuakitanatahu, a New Zealand hill. It means
"The place where Tamatea, the man with the big knee who slid, climbed, and
swallowed mountains, known as land-eater, played on his flute to his loved
one."