Many sailors used to wear gold earrings so that they could afford a proper burial when they died.

Coffee is the second largest item of international commerce in the world. The largest is petrol.

Custer was the youngest General in US history. He was promoted at the age of 23.

The Seven Deadly Sins are lust, pride, anger, envy, sloth, avarice, and gluttony.

No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver, and purple.

The word "set" has the highest number of unique definitions in the English Language ~ 192 according to the Oxford English Dictionary.

The ZIP in Zip-code stands for Zoning Improvement Plan.

A Boeing 747's wingspan is longer than the Wright brother's first flight.

The Seven Virtues are prudence, courage, temperance, justice, faith, hope, and charity.

The world's largest alphabet is Cambodian, with 74 letters.