• 5 of the largest broadcasting companies in the world (CBS, NBC, ABC, BBC and CBC) transmit in English, reaching millions and millions of people all over the world.
• Over two-thirds of the world's scientists read in English.
• Three quarters of the world's mail is written in English. 
• Eighty per cent of the world's electronically stored information is in English. 
• Of the estimated forty million users of the Internet, some eighty per cent communicate in English, but this is expected to decrease to forty per cent as speakers of other languages get online."
• 'Stewardesses' is the longest word typed with only the left hand.
• 'Lollipop' is the longest word typed with your right hand.
• 'The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog' uses every letter of the alphabet.
• There are two words in the English language that have all five vowels in order: 'abstemious' and 'facetious.'
• 'Typewriter' is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard.
• 'Rhythm' is a rare six letter word in English with no vowels in it.