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 Chinese ideogram for 'trouble' depicts two women living under one roof.
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A “butt” was a Medieval unit of measure for wine. Technically, a 'buttload' of wine is about 475 liters, or 126 gallons.
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More people in China speak English than in the United States.
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In England, in the 1880's, "Pants" was considered a dirty word!
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The word taxi is spelled the same in English, German, French, Swedish, Spanish and Portuguese.
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'Vodka' is Russian for 'little water'.
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The distress code 'Mayday' comes from the French for help me, M'Aide!
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