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    The word "pornography" comes from the Greek meaning the "writings of prostitutes."
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    Beelzebub is Hebrew for 'Lord of the Flies'.
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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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    Floccinaucinihilipilification, the declaration of an item being useless, is the longest non-medical term in the English language.
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    The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is "uncopyrightable"!
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