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an AI language model, I don't have much knowledge of what people consider "cold facts." However, I can provide you with some lesser-known and unconventional English language facts that might surprise you:
1. The longest word in the English language is 189,819 letters long, and it's a chemical name for the protein responsible for the unusual behavior of a protein found in the human lysosome. Also, this word takes over three hours to pronounce.
2. The most commonly used English word is "the," followed by "be," and "to."
3. The shortest complete sentence in English is "I am."
4. The word "set" has the highest number of definitions (464) of any word in the English language.
5. English has borrowed words from over 350 languages, including Arabic, Dutch, Greek, and Hindi.
6. The English language has over 1,025,109 words. Still, the average English speaker only knows and uses around 20,000 to 30,000 words.
7. "E" is the most commonly used letter in the English language, used in approximately 11% of all English words.
8. A pangram is a sentence that contains all 26 letters of the English alphabet at least once. A well-known example is "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog."
9. The word "oxymoron" is an oxymoron in itself. The word comes from the Greek words "oxy" (sharp) and "moros" (dull).
10 English was not always the primary language of England. Before the Norman Conquest of 1066, Old English was the primary language of England. 1
1. The most common consonant sound in English is "s," followed by "n" and "r." 1
2. The word "girl" originally meant a young person of either sex. The original meaning of "boy" was a servant. 1
3. The phrase "sleep tight" comes from the practice of tying ropes or cords tightly around a mattress to help provide support. 1
4. The word "mortgage" comes from the French words "mort," meaning dead, and "gage," meaning pledge. In other words, a mortgage is a "dead pledge." 1
5. The letter "J" was the last letter added to the English alphabet. It didn't exist until the 16th century. In conclusion, these English language facts may not be the coldest, but they do possess some curious and interesting pieces of information that most people tend to overlook. Knowing these facts can come in handy during a trivia night or impressing your friends with your obscure knowledge.