The sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over a lazy dog." uses every letter of the alphabet!
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The name Wendy was made up for the book Peter Pan.
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The distress code 'Mayday' comes from the French for help me, M'Aide!
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French was the official language of England for over 600 years.
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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 word 'Indiana' is Native American for 'Land of the Indians', yet less than 16,000 Native Americans live there.
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The word taxi is spelled the same in English, German, French, Swedish, Spanish and Portuguese.
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