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    The name Wendy was made up for the book Peter Pan.
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    The word "listen" contains the same letters as "silent."
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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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    The six official languages of the United Nations are Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish.
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    There was no punctuation until the 15th century.
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    'Go', is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
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    The onion is named after the Latin word 'unio' meaning large pearl.
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