Ernest Vincent Wright wrote a novel, "Gadsby", which contains over 50,000 words -- none of them with the letter E!
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"Goodbye" came from "God bye" which came from "God be with you."
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The Danish word for condom is 'svangerskabsforebyggendemiddel'.
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The phrase 'rule of thumb' is derived from and old English law which stated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb.
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WAS IT A CAR OR A CAT I SAW.. 'WASITACARORACATISAW'.. This is the only English sentence which even if we read in reverse, it'll give the same sentence.
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Hoover vacuum cleaners were so popular in the UK that many people now refer to vacuuming as hoovering.
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Switching letters is called spoonerism. For example, saying "jag of Flapan", instead of "flag of Japan".
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'Go', is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
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