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    The dot over the letter 'i' is called a tittle.
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    There was no punctuation until the 15th century.
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    The word taxi is spelled the same in English, German, French, Swedish, Spanish and Portuguese.
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    There are around 41,806 different spoken languages in the world today.
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    There are no words in the dictionary that rhyme with: orange, purple, and month! Interesting tries from our readers: orange: door hinge, melange (French for mix) purple: hurtle, durple?, turtle month: once, bunth?, hunch
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    The word "clitoris" comes from the Greek word meaning "side of a hill".
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