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The sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog." Uses every letter in the alphabet. (developed by Western Union to test telex/twx communications)

The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is uncopyrightable.

The Main Library at Indiana University sinks over an inch every year because when it was built, engineers failed to take into account the weight of all the books that would occupy the building.

The name Wendy was made up for the book "Peter Pan." Is False, the name can be traced backed to the early 1800's. The name was very rare and only became popular after the book was written.

"I am." is the shortest complete sentence in the English language with out an implied meaning. The shortest English sentence is probably "Go." "Go" is an action verb and can be used in imperative mood, which means that it can be used with good, old "You Understood." So "Go" actually means "You go."  Below is an example of "go" used in a sentence.
"How to Steal 2nd Base"  Get ready to go from 1st base to 2nd base. Wait until the pitcher's not looking. Go.

Pacing yourself with your finger allows you to read faster.


No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver, or purple.

"Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt".

Maine is the only state (in USA) whose name is just one syllable.

There are only four words in the English language which end in "dous": tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.

The word "racecar," "kayak," and "radar" are the same whether they are read left to right or right to left.

No word in the English language rhymes with "month."

Rhythm and "syzygy" are the longest English words without vowels.

In England, in the 1880's, "Pants" was considered a dirty word.

Isaac Asimov is the only author to have a book in every Dewey-decimal category.

In ancient Japan, public contests were held to see who could fart the loudest and longest!

 

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