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    In England, in the 1880's, "Pants" was considered a dirty word!
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    Q is the only letter in the alphabet that does not appear in the name of any of the United States!
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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 dot over the letter 'i' is called a tittle.
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    Ernest Vincent Wright wrote a novel, "Gadsby", which contains over 50,000 words -- none of them with the letter E!
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