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 "pornography" comes from the Greek meaning the "writings of prostitutes."
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The word "impossible" dropped in use by 50% over the course of the 20th century
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In England, in the 1880's, "Pants" was considered a dirty word!
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The word 'mile' is derived from the Latin word for 1,000 - the number of paces it took the average Roman!
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Crayola is a French word that means 'Oily chalk.'"
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The dot over the letter 'i' is called a tittle.
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The name Wendy was made up for the book Peter Pan.
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