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Published June 03, 2009, 12:00 AM

Who are the 'can'ts?'

Have you ever wondered who invented the word can’t? It clearly wasn’t Napoleon, Alexander the Great, Roger Maris or Amelia Earhart. Nor was it Christopher Columbus, Lance Armstrong, Mine That Bird or Orville Redenbacher.

By: Kevin Holten, The Dickinson Press

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