Of all the words in the English language, the word 'set' has the most definitions!

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The only capital letter in the Roman alphabet with exactly one end point is P.
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If you spell out consecutive numbers, you have to go up to one thousand until you would find the letter 'a'
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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/two communications)
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The 'dot' over the letter 'i' is called a tittle.
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No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver, and purple.

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