The longest words in the English language with only one syllable are the nine-letter "screeched" and "strengths".

The Pentagon, in Arlington, Virginia, has twice as many bathrooms as is necessary. When it was built in the 1940s, the state of Virginia still had segregation laws requiring separate toilet facilities for blacks and whites.

Camel's milk, which is widely drunk in Arab countries, has 10 times more iron than cow's milk.

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