DNA stands for Deoxyribo Nucleic Acid.
"Ough" in English language can be pronounced 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.”
"Rhythms" is the longest English word without the normal vowels, a, e, i, o, or u.
The plastic things on the end of shoelaces are called aglets.
The ridges on the sides of coins are called reeding or milling.
The two lines that connect your top lip to the bottom of your nose are known as the philtrum.
The white part of your fingernail is called the lunula.
"Fortnight" is a contraction of "fourteen nights." In the US, "two weeks" is more commonly used.
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