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"I am twenty-six shapes that contain all of human thought. I was not always twenty-six. Different cultures have different versions of me. What am I?"
Answer
The Alphabet
Explanation
The English alphabet has 26 letters — shapes that, combined in sequences, can express any idea in the English language. The alphabet descends from the Phoenician script. Different languages use different alphabets with different numbers of characters.
This is an easy riddle in the History category — Riddles about ancient civilisations, invention, and mythology.
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