Word Did You Know - Part 6

  • Did you knowthe word denim comes from 'de Nimes' or from Nimes which is a town in France
  • Did you knowthe vocabulary of the average person is between 5,000 to 6,000 words
  • Did you knowDNA stands for Deoxyribonucleicacid
  • Did you knowthe study of insects is called entomology
  • Did you knowthe word 'karate' means 'empty hand'
  • Did you knowthe word fortnight is a contraction of the 2 words 'fourteen nights'
  • Did you knowthe word 'almost' is the longest in the English language with all the letters in alphabetical order
  • Did you knowa pip is one of the spots on die or domino
  • Did you knowthe most commonly used word in English conversation is 'I'
  • Did you knowthe word 'taxi' is spelled the same in English, German, French, Swedish, and Portuguese
  • Did you knowablutophobia is the fear of bathing
  • Did you knowachluophobiais the fear of the dark
  • Did you knowacrophobia is the fear of heights