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Discover the "stoichedon" style of Ancient Greece, where inscriptions were carved in perfect, checkerboard-like grids without spaces or punctuation. This…
Explore the fascinating linguistic history of pangrams, from the ubiquitous "Quick Brown Fox" to the brain-twisting quest for the perfect…
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Ever wondered why we say "Ye Olde" to sound medieval? It turns out we've been reading it wrong for centuries.…
English is the only major language that capitalizes the first-person singular pronoun "I", a quirk that many assume stems from…
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