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Dr. Seuss wrote \u201cGreen Eggs and Ham\u201d<\/em> on a bet that he couldn\u2019t write a book with 50 or fewer words?<\/p>\n

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The bet was made in 1960 with Bennett Cerf, the co-founder of Random House, and was for $50 (about $382 today). Despite Dr. Seuss, a.k.a. Theodore Geisel, winning the bet by producing one of his most popular works\u00a0\u201cGreen Eggs and Ham\u201d<\/em>\u00a0using exactly 50 unique words, Cerf never paid him. \u00a0\u201cGreen Eggs and Ham\u201d<\/em> went on to be Geisel\u2019s best selling work, so he made money on it anyways.<\/p>\n

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Oh, and in case you were wondering what those words are, here is the list:<\/p>\n

a, am, and, anywhere, are, be, boat, box, car, could, dark, do, eat, eggs, fox, goat, good, green, ham, here, house, I, if, in, let, like, may, me, mouse, not, on, or, rain, Sam, say, see, so, thank, that, the, them, there, they, train, tree, try, will, with, would, <\/em><\/strong>and you.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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