Discover the curious history behind this wacky and wonderful letter of the alphabet Back when you first learned the alphabet, you probably didn’t realize that one of those letters was not like the ...

Believe it or not, the capital A hasn’t always looked the way it does now. Ancient Egyptians wrote the letter upside down, creating a symbol that resembled a steer with horns. Learn the surprising ...

Back when you first learned the alphabet, you probably didn’t realize that one of those letters was not like the others. Unlike its 25 single-syllable siblings, W is the only letter whose name takes ...

To answer this question, we have to go farther back than you may think. The two-fold answer also has two facets: the sound (pronunciation) and the visual (typeface). Also, check out the last letter ...