The sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over a lazy dog." uses every letter of the alphabet!
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The word "gorilla" comes from a Greek word that means "a tribe of hairy women".
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In England, in the 1880's, 'Pants' was considered a dirty word.
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Iceland has been so culturally isolated through history since the Vikings, that compared to other Scandinavian counties, people who speak Icelandic can still read the old Norsk sagas.
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The longest word in the English language is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconioses!
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Shakespeare invented over 1,700 words that we use today.
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China has more English speakers than the United States.
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