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Cicero translates εὔνοιᾰ with the Latin word benevolentia. [4] It is also a rarely used medical term referring to a state of normal mental health. [5] Eunoia is the shortest English word containing all five main vowel graphemes. [1]
Lines on the Antiquity of Microbes", also known simply as "Fleas", is a couplet commonly cited as the shortest poem ever written, composed by American poet Strickland Gillilan in the early 20th century. [1] The poem reads in full:
The claim of Hemingway's authorship originates in an unsubstantiated anecdote about a wager among him and other writers. Hemingway is said to have claimed he could write a short story only six words long. This attribution was in a book by Peter Miller called Get Published! Get Produced!: A Literary Agent's Tips on How to Sell Your Writing.
In 1989, "You Suffer" appeared on one side of a 7" single given away free with copies of a compilation album entitled Grindcrusher.The song on the other side, "Mega-Armageddon Death Part 3" by the Electro Hippies, also lasts approximately one second, making the disc the shortest single ever released.
Tatum O’Neal (Paper Moon, 1974)In 1974, O’Neal became the youngest Oscar winner ever – and remains so to this day. The 10-year-old actor wore a tuxedo when she accepted the award for Best ...
An English language pangram being used to demonstrate the Bitstream Vera Sans typeface. The best-known English pangram is "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog". [1]It has been used since at least the late 19th century [1] and was used by Western Union to test Telex/TWX data communication equipment for accuracy and reliability. [2]
At 54.6 cm (21.5 in), Nepalese-born Chandra Bahadur Dangi was, at the time of his death in 2015, the world's shortest person ever verified. This list includes the shortest ever verified people in their lifetime or profession. The entries below are broken down into different categories which range from sex, to age group and occupations.
The question is though: who is the shortest NBA player ever? Bogues has held the title ever since. In a hilarious coincidence, the point guard famously played along side the tallest player in NBA ...