A vowel with two dots is known as a diaeresis.  In European languages, the two dots indicate that two adjacent vowels are separate syllables.  It is most common in “naïve,” where the “i” should be sounded separated from the “a.”

There’s one volcano in the world that doesn’t have red or orange lava.  The lava from the Kawah Ijen volcano in Indonesia is BRIGHT BLUE.

There are at least 25 student athletes in America whose parents named them “ESPN.”  The highest profile one might be a Bowling Green University linebacker named Gideon ESPN Lampron.  His family pronounces it “Ess-pen.”

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