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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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    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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    "Goodbye" came from "God bye" which came from "God be with you."
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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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    Before WWI, German Was the Second Most Widely Spoken Language in the United States
    Before it was repressed during World War I, German was the second most widely spoken language in the United States and many local governments, schools, and newspapers operated in German.
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    The most popular first name in the world is Muhammad!
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    The word Tips is actually an acronym standing for 'To Insure Prompt Service'.
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    '⸮' is a punctuation mark that was first proposed in the 1580s to denote sarcasm or irony.
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