When written down, the word 'forty' is the longest word in the English language to have all of its letters in alphabetical order.

The nut "filbert" got its name from St. Philbert which is celebrated on August 22nd, which is also when the nut matures.

There are species of fish that can walk on land in search of water when its water source dries up. Some can survive as long as three days on land such as the snakehead fish.

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