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    The distress code 'Mayday' comes from the French for help me, M'Aide!
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    The word 'set' has more definitions than any other word in the English language.
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    The most used letter in the English alphabet is 'E', and 'Q' is the least used!
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    The onion is named after the Latin word 'unio' meaning large pearl.
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    The word "listen" contains the same letters as "silent."
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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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    Pinocchio is Italian for "pine eye"!
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