The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, written by Mark Twain, was the first novel ever to
be written on a typewriter.

In the 1700's you could purchase insurance against going to hell, in London
England.

The longest word in the English language, according to the Oxford English
Dictionary, is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis.

The longest place-name still in use is
Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwe-nuakit
natahu, a New Zealand hill.

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