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 United States does not have an official language.
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WAS IT A CAR OR A CAT I SAW.. 'WASITACARORACATISAW'.. This is the only English sentence which even if we read in reverse, it'll give the same sentence.
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There was no punctuation until the 15th century.
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The word 'mortgage' comes from a French law term that means 'death pledge'.
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The word "listen" contains the same letters as "silent."
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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 onion is named after the Latin word 'unio' meaning large pearl.
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