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Saturday, December 1, 2018

Why is "eight" spelled that way?!

Middle English eighte, from eighte, adjective, from Old English eahta; akin to Old High German ahto eight, Latin octo, Greek oktō

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/eight

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ichthyosis

OK, it's not a good thing to have, but it's got a cool name. https://www.niams.nih.gov/health-topics/ichthyosis