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 most popular first name in the world is Muhammad!
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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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'Go', is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
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'Vodka' is Russian for 'little water'.
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Before the English speaking world was exposed to the fruit, the color orange was referred to as “geoluhread” which is Old English for red-yellow.
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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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