Believe it or not, every so often, someone will try to invent a new punctuation mark. In 1962, advertising agent Martin K. Speckter introduced the world to the Interrobang, a combination of the question mark and the exclamation point: ‽. While this rhetorical device enjoyed brief success, even debuting on a typewriter keyboard in 1968, it quickly lapsed into obscurity. Now, it is little known and rarely used, although it can still be found in several word processing fonts, including Helvetica, Wingdings 2, Calibri, and more. Keep checking back for more FUNctuation facts! huffingtonpost/keith-houston-/post_5696_b_3976733.html
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