15 Surprising Facts That Seem Like Lies
The internet is filled with wild facts that seem too good to be true.
One such fact is about the terms "uppercase" and "lowercase" letters. Contrary to popular assumption, these terms do not refer to the height of the letters. The technical terms are majuscule for uppercase scripts and miniscule for lowercase scripts, both with Latin roots.
The origin of "uppercase" and "lowercase" lies in the printing industry, where letters were stored in trays called "cases". Capital letters were kept in the upper case, while lowercase letters were stored in the lower case.
It seems almost too silly and literal to be true.
Another surprising fact is about John Tyler, the 10th president of the United States, born in 1790. Until the 2020s, he had two living grandsons, not great-great-grandsons or great-grandsons, but grandsons.
Author's summary: Discover surprising facts that seem too good to be true.