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 longest word in the English language is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconioses!
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The P.S. at the end of a letter stands for Post Script.
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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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The distress code 'Mayday' comes from the French for help me, M'Aide!
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The word 'mile' is derived from the Latin word for 1,000 - the number of paces it took the average Roman!
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The most popular first name in the world is Muhammad!
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