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With the support of the Kimbanguist movement [The Church of Jesus Christ on Earth by His Special Envoy Simon Kimbangu], who actively teach it in their church-run schools, there is a real prospect of the Mandombe script achieving an enduring footprint in Central Africa. 6/6

Psalter in Old French, copied in Northern France (probably Paris) in the first half of the 14th century.

This volume opens with Psalm 1 “[Boin eures] est li hons qui [nala p]as el conseil [des] felons” and ends with Psalm 150 “... chose qui a esprit loes nostre seigneur”. 1/

The numerous ligatures here are overwhelmingly pre-Carolingian and point strongly to the eighth century. 2/

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In Latin America they have a Tooth Rat instead of a Tooth Fairy.

Ratón Pérez first appeared in a starring role in 1894 when author Luis Coloma was commissioned to write a book for the young Spanish king Alfonso VIII, when he lost his first tooth at age 8.
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I love this part of the manuscript: the Aramaic Mourner's Kaddish, the one prayer every Jew knows by heart - just the first word, 'Yitgadal' in the Italianate script of David Tsoref, and then the rest of the words added later by a local scribe in his distinctive Provençal script.

In the 20th century, Chinook Jargon entered a slow decline. As late as the 1940s, native speakers were still being born in Oregon, but by 1962 it was estimated that only 100 speakers were left there. The 2010 United States Census recorded 640 native speakers. 5/5

Thanks to the genius of world-famous former University Challenge contestant @ThomasBanbury....😃, we've now identified the arms as belonging to Cardinal Girolamo D'Andrea, Cardinal-abbot of Subiaco, and Prefect of the Congregation of the Index.
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@ThomasBanbury YESSSS!!! You're a genius!! Thank you so much!

Every human being has EIGHT body parts with the name "cuneiform": 3 cuneiform bones in each foot, plus two cuneiform cartilages in the larynx.

CUNEIFORM CHALLENGES *ANY* OTHER ANCIENT SCRIPT TO EQUAL OR BETTER THIS.