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The shortest English word containing all five vowels is IOUEA, a type of sponge

PANDEMONIUM is a word coined by John Milton and meant a place of all demons (pan being Greek for all)

Captain William LYNCH gave his name for illegal hanging. He led a group of vigilantes in the late 18th century

FOUR is the only number whose number of letters in the name equals the actual digit

The name EASTER comes from the Anglo-Saxon Goddess of the Dawn

Having a PIPE DREAM seems to have originally resulted from smoking an opium pipe

A cricketer being dismissed for a DUCK was once known as being out by a duck's egg, resembling a large nought

Many peoples' favourite word, SERENDIPITY, comes from Serendip, the Persian name for Sri Lanka

Cashing in on the popularity of the polka dance in the 19th century, many products were named after the dance. Only the POLKA DOT survives

TYPEWRITER is one of just a few words that can be typed on the top letter row of the keyboard