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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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    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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    The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is "uncopyrightable"!
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    The longest word in the English language with no vowels is Rhythms!
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    Crayola is a French word that means 'Oily chalk.'"
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