Trivia and Amazing Facts 07-08-08

• The letter "O" is the oldest letter. It has not changed in shape since its adoption in the Phoenician alphabet c. 1300 B.C.

• When used by an ornithologist, the word "lore" refers to the space between a bird's eye and its bill.

• The number of atoms in a pound of iron is nearly five trillion billion 4,891,500,000,000,000,000,000,000.

• The word "diamond" comes from the Greek word adamas which means "unconquerable."

• The little-known verb "gralloch" means to disembowel a deer.

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