Crayola is a French word that means 'Oily chalk.'"
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The dab of toothpaste you squeeze onto your toothbrush is called a "nurdle".
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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 longest word in the English language with no vowels is Rhythms!
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In England, in the 1880's, "Pants" was considered a dirty word!
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The onion is named after the Latin word 'unio' meaning large pearl.
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The sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over a lazy dog." uses every letter of the alphabet!
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The name Wendy was made up for the book Peter Pan.
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