The word 'Indiana' is Native American for 'Land of the Indians', yet less than 16,000 Native Americans live there.
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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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In England, in the 1880's, 'Pants' was considered a dirty word.
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The six official languages of the United Nations are Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish.
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"Goodbye" came from "God bye" which came from "God be with you."
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The longest word in the English language is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconioses!
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