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TIL in Ancient Rome Marcus Tullius Tiro created a system of shorthand called "Tironian notes" that persisted in use for almost 1700 years. Today it's last common usage is ⁊ (et) a shorthand for "and" used as a direct swap for & in the Irish and Scottish Gaelic languages.

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