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    The P.S. at the end of a letter stands for Post Script.
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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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    Canada is an Indian word meaning 'Big Village'.
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    There was no punctuation until the 15th century.
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    The onion is named after the Latin word 'unio' meaning large pearl.
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    Crayola is a French word that means 'Oily chalk.'"
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    The word taxi is spelled the same in English, German, French, Swedish, Spanish and Portuguese.
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