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I've often heard that the QWERTY keyboard layout was designed to slow typists so as not to jam mechanical typewriters, but I've heard that refuted equally often. What was the layout of the first known keyboard device, and what is the real reason for QWERTY ultimately becoming the dominant layout?

211 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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[WP] It turns out that the "demons" of lore that can be summoned at will are just real people who went to hell and are doing the equivalent of community service. They are obligated to fulfill whatever's asked of them, but you happen to have summoned the most maliciously compliant one in the world.

12 upvotes • r/WritingPrompts

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[WP] You live in a world where murders committed, among other statistics, are denoted for each person by a ticker mounted to the chest. One day, you, an upstanding citizen, look in the mirror and notice your count has gone up to over 500 with no apparent explanation.

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1997 Tercel, replace stock stereo with another Toyota head unit of similar vintage?

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I've often heard that the QWERTY keyboard layout was designed to slow typists so as not to jam mechanical typewriters, but I've heard that refuted equally often. What was the layout of the first known keyboard device, and what is the real reason for QWERTY ultimately becoming the dominant layout?	211	AskHistorians
[WP] It turns out that the "demons" of lore that can be summoned at will are just real people who went to hell and are doing the equivalent of community service. They are obligated to fulfill whatever's asked of them, but you happen to have summoned the most maliciously compliant one in the world.	12	WritingPrompts
[WP] You live in a world where murders committed, among other statistics, are denoted for each person by a ticker mounted to the chest. One day, you, an upstanding citizen, look in the mirror and notice your count has gone up to over 500 with no apparent explanation.	2	WritingPrompts
1997 Tercel, replace stock stereo with another Toyota head unit of similar vintage?	1	CarAV