The dot over the letter 'i' is called a tittle.
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The word "pornography" comes from the Greek meaning the "writings of prostitutes."
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Ernest Vincent Wright wrote a novel, "Gadsby", which contains over 50,000 words -- none of them with the letter E!
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The onion is named after the Latin word 'unio' meaning large pearl.
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The name Wendy was made up for the book Peter Pan.
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Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch procejt at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosnt mttaer waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter b
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The words ‘racecar,’ ‘kayak’ and ‘level’ are the same whether
they are read left to right or right to left (palindromes).
they are read left to right or right to left (palindromes).
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Beelzebub is Hebrew for 'Lord of the Flies'.
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