The most used letter in the English alphabet is 'E', and 'Q' is the least used!
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The name Wendy was made up for the book Peter Pan.
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The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is "uncopyrightable"!
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The phrase 'rule of thumb' is derived from and old English law which stated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb.
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The sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over a lazy dog." uses every letter of the alphabet!
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The word 'gymnasium' comes from the Greek word gymnazein which means 'to exercise naked.'"
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The word 'Indiana' is Native American for 'Land of the Indians', yet less than 16,000 Native Americans live there.
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The word 'News' is actually an acronym standing for the 4 cardinal compass points - North, East, West, and South!
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The word 'set' has more definitions than any other word in the English language.
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The word taxi is spelled the same in English, German, French, Swedish, Spanish and Portuguese.
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The word Tips is actually an acronym standing for 'To Insure Prompt Service'.
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There are no words in the dictionary that rhyme with: orange, purple, and month! Interesting tries from our readers: orange: door hinge, melange (French for mix) purple: hurtle, durple?, turtle month: once, bunth?, hunch
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There was no punctuation until the 15th century.
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