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Gilligan of Gilligan’s Island had a first name that was only used once, on the never-aired pilot show. His first name was Willy. Dr. Seuss and Kurt Vonnegut went to college together. They were even in the same fraternity, where Seuss decorated the fraternity house walls with drawings of his strange characters. The Les Nessman…

There is no egg in eggplant nor ham in hamburger. No does a pineapple contain any apples. English muffins weren’t invented in England or French fries in France. Sweetmeats are candies while sweetbreads, which aren’t sweet, are meat. We take English for granted. If we explore the paradoxes of the English language, we find quicksand…

The average life expectancy in the US was forty-seven. Only 14% of the homes in the US had a bathtub. Only 8% of the homes had a telephone. A three-minute call from Denver to New York City cost eleven dollars. There were only 8,000 cars in the US and only 144 miles of paved roads.…