Little known facts

From this site these gems (amongst many) :

• The largest number whose name does NOT contain the letter "n" is EIGHTY-EIGHT.

• ZENZIZENZIZENZIC (eighth power of a number) has more Z's than any other word in English. The word is in the OED. It was suggested by Robert Recorde, 16th century writer of popular math textbooks, although in his spelling the last letter of the word was k.

• Words spelled with a number of letters equal to the number itself :

1. Maori : KOTAHI TEKAU MA ONO (16)
2. Zulu : ISHUMI NESIHLANU (15), AMASHUMI AMABILI NA MBILI (22)

• Shortest French pangram : "portez ce vieux whisky au juge blond qui fume."

• Wilfred Funk's list of the most beautiful words in English: ASPHODEL, FAWN, DAWN, CHALICE, ANEMONE, TRANQUIL, HUSH, GOLDEN, HALCYON, CAMELLIA, BOBOLINK, THRUSH, CHIMES, MURMURING, LULLABY, LUMINOUS, DAMASK, CERULEAN, MELODY, MARIGOLD, JONQUIL, ORIOLE, TENDRIL, MYRRH, MIGNONETTE, GOSSAMER, ALYSSEUM, MIST, OLEANDER, AMARYLLIS, ROSEMARY

• In 1950, Time magazine printed the following suggested correction in its letters column:

Shouldn't Ausserordentlichhochgeschwindigkeitelectronenentwickelndessch
-werabeitsbeigollitron [Time, March 13] read Ausserordentlichhochgeschwindigkeitelectronenentwickelndessch
-werarbeitsbeigollitron?

(Rev.) T.M. Hesburgh
C.S.C.
Notre Dame, Ind.