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Another casualty of the times. Family business announces going out of business sale.
Report: Japanese Yakuza Criminal Gang to Disband After 100 Years
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"I bet you can't make a sentence without an A"
There are many interesting and humorous examples of this, which is officially known as a Lipogram. This is without the "e"
"mary had a tiny lamb
its wool was pallid as snow
and any spot that mary did walk
this lamb would always go
this lamb did follow mary to school
although against a law
how girls and boys did laugh and play
that lamb in class all saw"

It's a little known fact that there are actually two kinds of earwax – wet and dry. Wet earwax is more common among Caucasian and African people and is typically dark yellow and sticky. For those with East Asian or Native American ancestry, ear wax is typically light in color, dry and flaky.