Random Keyboard Facts

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    The ‘@’ sign is centuries old, and was used in Europe to denote a unit of weight (the “arroba”) equivalent to 25 lbs.
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    Alaska is the only state that can be typed on one row of keys on a QWERTY keyboard.
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    Dvorak Keyboard
    Dvorak Keyboard
    The Dvorak keyboard is estimated to be 12 to 20 times more efficient than the QWERTY keyboard.
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    TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard.
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    On an average work day, a typist's fingers travel 12.6 miles.
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