Language Trivia: 25 More Fun Facts

Word lovers: You are in for some fun.

A few weeks ago I wrote the post A Dozen Fun Facts About Words and the Language.  A few months ago I wrote a post called 20 Interesting Facts About the History of Our Language. Continuing in the series of language trivia, here are 25 more fun facts about words and the language:

The most common letter in the English language is e . No surprise there. But did you know that one in eight of all letters written is e ?
The most common consonant in English is r , followed by t .
The most common first letter of a word is s .
Maine is the only state whose name consists of only one syllable.
The longest word in the English language that has its letters in alphabetical order is almost .
Bookkeeper and bookkeeping are the only two words with three consecutive double letters.
The longest word that doesn’t repeat any of its letters is uncopyrightable.
The word like  is actually called a “crutch,” along with basically and actually .
Erwth , a musical instrument once played in Europe, is the longest word without a vowel. (assuming y is not a vowel  — rhythm ).
Strengths is the longest word with only one vowel.
On average, for every letter q written in the English language, there will be 56 e ‘s.
The compulsive desire to look at something that horrifies you, such as a horror movie or an injury, is called cacospectomania . 
To jakes is to walk mud into a house.
An autohagiograph y  is an autobiography that makes the subject appear better than they actually are.
Use of the word selfie increased by 17,000% between 2012 and 2013.
An aquabib is someone who chooses to drink water rather than alcohol.
Callomaniacs are people who think they are more beautiful than they really are. (Are  shallowmaniacs   the only ones who care?)
We know that a soliloquy is a solo speech. The proper name for speaking through clenched teeth is dentiloquy .
The head of an asparagus is called the squib .
GIF stands for “graphics interchange format,” and, according to its inventor, should be pronounced “jiff” and not “giff.” 
Referring back to #9, apparently some people don’t consider y a vowel and say that rhythm is the longest word without a vowel. However, I say y is obviously a vowel in rhythm . 
Skiing is the only word with a double i . Unless you also count Hawaii !
Queuing is the only word with five vowels in a row.
At the beginning of a game of Scrabble, you have roughly a 1 in 20,000 chance of picking the word senator out of the bag. I would think the same is true of Words with Friends. Anyone know?
Apparently (and I have seen differing opinions on this), some think the longest word in the English language has 189,819 letters. It is the full chemical name of titin , a protein that controls the movement of muscles. I would spell it out here, but I don’t have room