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Help a bear!

Although Bhavna is not in danger anymore, she needs you to support her charity. Her message is loud and clear with the final exclamation mark.

DID YOU KNOW?

The name ‘exclamation mark’ comes from the Latin word ‘Io’, which meant ‘Hurray’.

Io = Hurray

In time, the ‘I’ gradually moved on top of the ‘o’ and became the punctuation mark we use today.