A trencher is a type of tableware, commonly used in medieval cuisine. It was originally a flat round of bread used as a plate, upon which the food could be placed to eat.

An endling is the last known individual of a species or subspecies. Once the endling dies, the species becomes extinct.

In Buddhism, one Aeon or kalpa is longer than the amount of time it takes to completely erode a huge rock 16 x 16 x 16 miles in size.

There have been more than 400 words for snow alone in Scotland.

'Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo' is a sentence that uses correct grammar.

The name actually comes from an old English word — piebald — which meant 'white-headed' rather than hairless.

Semantic satiation the effect in which a word seems to lose its meaning after it has been repeated many times in rapid succession.

It meant: To lie in bed, or to lounge after it is time to get up or go to work.

The little word 'run' — in its verb form alone — has 645 distinct meanings.

Ancient Greeks and Egyptians measured long distances by hiring 'bematists,' who would count steps while walking between locations.

Alektorophobia is the fear of hen/chickens.

The original product was a round peppermint lozenge called PEZ drops.