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ELI5 Explain Like I'm 5: Bite sized answers to stuff you should know about - in a mini podcast


Apr 26, 2019

Why do some letters have a completely different character when written in uppercase vs lowercase (e.g. A/a, R/r, E/e), whereas others simply have a larger version of themselves (e.g. S/s, P/p, W/w)?

 

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