The California spiny lobster (Panulirus interruptus) is a species of spiny lobster found in the eastern Pacific Ocean from Monterey Bay, California to the Gulf of Tehuantepec, Mexico.
The word gypsum is derived from the Greek word Î³ÏÏÎ¿Ï (gypsos), plaster. Because the quarries of the Montmartre district of Paris have long furnished burnt gypsum (calcined gypsum) used for various purposes, this dehydrated gypsum became known as plaster of Paris.
The longest word ever to appear in a non-technical dictionary of English is.. pneumonoultramicroscopic-. silicovolcanoconiosis. it's a lung disease caused by the inhalation of very fine silica or quartz dust ;-) The real longest official word if you include (chemical names) is 1,913 letters.