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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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    The word 'gymnasium' comes from the Greek word gymnazein which means 'to exercise naked.'"
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    The word 'set' has more definitions than any other word in the English language.
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    The word "pornography" comes from the Greek meaning the "writings of prostitutes."
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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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    Stressed is Desserts spelled backwards.
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