This is a very interesting article:
This month, words and trivia Twitter account @HaggardHawks
turns one year old. Since December 2013, we’ve been tweeting obscure
words, surprising etymologies and bizarre linguistic facts every day,
covering everything from abature (that’s the trail of trampled grass an animal leaves behind it) and abligurition (spending to much money on food and drink — worth remembering that one in the run up to Christmas) to zenzizenzizenzic (a 16th century word for a number raised to its eighth power) and zwischenzug
(a purely tactical move made to buy time). So, after almost 3,000
tweets, here to mark our first anniversary are 100 random facts about
the English language, English words, and English etymology taken from
our first year online.
Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/paul-anthony-jones/100-random-language-facts_b_6272224.html
I also came across with this one: https://writingenglish.wordpress.com/2009/04/08/not-so-fast/
Dennis Lee 