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Fun fact about the Hawaiian alphabet
There are only 12 letters in the Hawaiian alphabet.
A tough-love story about karma
Iraqi terrorist, Khay Rahnajet, didn't pay enough postage on a letter bomb. It came back with "return to sender" stamped on it. Forgetting it was the bomb, he opened it and was blown to bits.
"The quick brown fox"
The sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog." uses every letter in the alphabet. It was developed by Western Union to Test telex/twx communications
How did a mother's letter help women win the vote?
Tennessee legislator Harry Burn cast the deciding vote to ratify the 19th Amendment in 1920 after his mother wrote him a letter urging him to support women's suffrage.
When was the first transatlantic radio signal sent?
In 1901, Guglielmo Marconi received the first transatlantic radio signal, the Morse code letter "S," sent from England to Newfoundland.
How many letters are in the Hawaiian alphabet?
The Hawaiian alphabet has just 13 letters.
How many books of the Bible did Saint Paul write?
Thirteen letters in the New Testament are attributed to Saint Paul, and scholars generally agree that at least seven were written by him.
Where does "from your Valentine" come from?
A legend says Saint Valentine signed a letter "from your Valentine."
Did Mother Teresa struggle with doubt?
Mother Teresa's letters revealed she felt spiritual darkness for decades.
How did Tolstoy influence Gandhi?
Leo Tolstoy's ideas about nonviolence influenced Mahatma Gandhi, and the two exchanged letters.
How did people buy a Hang from PANArt?
People who wanted to buy a Hang once had to write a letter to PANArt.
Who supported Van Gogh financially?
Vincent van Gogh's brother Theo supported him financially, and more than 600 of Vincent's letters to Theo survive.
What letter did Einstein send to President Roosevelt?
In 1939, Albert Einstein signed a letter warning President Franklin Roosevelt that Germany might develop an atomic bomb.
Who was Maria Celeste?
Galileo's daughter Maria Celeste was a nun who exchanged letters with him.
How did Ramanujan get noticed?
Self-taught Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan sent a letter full of formulas to Cambridge mathematician G.H. Hardy in 1913, and Hardy brought him to England.
Where do the terms "uppercase" and "lowercase" come from?
The terms "uppercase" and "lowercase" come from printers storing capital-letter type in the upper case and small-letter type in the lower case.
Where does the word "alphabet" come from?
The word "alphabet" comes from "alpha" and "beta," the first two letters of the Greek alphabet.
How did Francis Crick first describe DNA?
Francis Crick described DNA's structure in a 1953 letter to his son.