Ernest Vincent Wright wrote a novel, "Gadsby", which contains over 50,000 words -- none of them with the letter E!
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The onion is named after the Latin word 'unio' meaning large pearl.
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The equivalents of the English saying "That's Greek to me" are "This appears to be Spanish" (German), "This is Chinese to me" (Dutch), "It's German to me" (Philippines), "It's Hebrew" (Finnish), "It's Chinese to me" (Hebrew), "Sounds like Mars language/These are chicken intestines" (China).
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More people in China speak English than in the United States.
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The P.S. at the end of a letter stands for Post Script.
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The dot over the letter 'i' is called a tittle.
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In England, in the 1880's, "Pants" was considered a dirty word!
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