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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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    Ioannis Ikonomou
    Ioannis Ikonomou
    The Chief Translator for the European Parliament can speak 32 different languages fluently.
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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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    The sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over a lazy dog." uses every letter of the alphabet!
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    The P.S. at the end of a letter stands for Post Script.
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    The distress code 'Mayday' comes from the French for help me, M'Aide!
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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 longest word in the English language with no vowels is Rhythms!
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