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    In England, in the 1880's, "Pants" was considered a dirty word!
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    French was the official language of England for over 600 years.
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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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    The onion is named after the Latin word 'unio' meaning large pearl.
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    In England, in the 1880's, 'Pants' was considered a dirty word.
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    The sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over a lazy dog." uses every letter of the alphabet!
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    Beelzebub is Hebrew for 'Lord of the Flies'.
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