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    There was no punctuation until the 15th century.
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    The Danish word for condom is 'svangerskabsforebyggendemiddel'.
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    The longest word in the English language with no vowels is Rhythms!
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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 dot over the letter 'i' is called a tittle.
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    The word "listen" contains the same letters as "silent."
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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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