32 various facts that you might have a hard time believing, as shared by people in this viral online thread.
It doesn't matter whether you or I believe in God or are atheists - the world around us is so bizarre, unusual and beautiful that we can only admire the grandeur of the Creator's plan - or the extravagance of evolution.
The component parts of the word “helicopter” are not “heli” and “copter”. It’s “helico”, meaning “spiral-shaped” like the word “helix” and “pter” meaning “wing” as in “pterodactyl”.This is called rebracketing. We do it all the time, e.g. alcoholic is made up of alcohol and ic, but we've rebracketed it to alco and holic, and then made workaholic, shopaholic etc. Same again with Hamburger, rebracketed from Hamburg and er, into ham and burger to then get beef burger, chicken burger etc.
"For example, the story of how the concepts of 'uppercase' and 'lowercase' letters appeared really interested me, and we'll definitely write an interesting question about it."appeared in IT a few months ago. However, who knows - maybe someday we'll ask the question again, only from a different angle. Or combine it with another exciting story..." Mari ponders.
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