The shortest at 31 letters is Jackdaws love my big sphinx of quartz,
using a three times, i twice, o twice, s twice, and each other letter
just once.

Although I doubt that it would be this sentence that our friends would
be amazed with. And yes, there is a reason why I know this sentence.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Costas Anastassiades [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Friday, June 12, 1998 7:44 AM
> To:   [log in to unmask]
> Subject:      [HP3000-L] OFF TOPIC - Friday Facts to amaze your
> friends
>
> I'm sure there are lots of these floating about on the net. However, I
> felt
> that these are good enough to pass to the list (although some of them
> I
> don't understand and can't relate to) ...
>
> >>>FACTS TO AMAZE YOUR FRIENDS
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> 1. The sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog."
> Uses
> >>>    every letter in the alphabet.
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