For those who like ENGLISH FACTS Part 3

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-"One thousand" contains the letter A, but none of the words from one to nine hundred ninety-nine has an A.

-"Ough" can be pronounced in eight different ways. The following sentence contains them all: "A rough-coated, dough-faced ploughman strode through the streets of Scarborough, coughing and hiccoughing thoughtfully.
- "Ma is as selfless as I am" can be read the same way backwards. If you take away all the spaces you can see that all the letters can be spelled out both ways.
- "Stewardesses" is the longest word that can be typed with only the left hand.
- "Taxi" is spelled exactly the same in English, French, German, Swedish, Portuguese, and Dutch.
- "THEREIN" is a seven-letter word that contains thirteen words spelled using consecutive letters: the, he, her, er, here, I, there, ere, rein, re, in, therein, and herein.
- A bat is the only mammal that flies.
- A chameleon can move its eyes in two directions at the same time.

- A chameleon's tongue is twice the length of its body.
- A group of crows is called a murder.
- A hippopotamus can run faster than a man can.
- A horse can sleep standing up.