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Typewriter is the longest top-row keyboard word

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Try it right now, you won't be able to resist. This oddity isn't just a fun coincidence; many historians suspect Christopher Sholes specifically arranged the top row of his new keyboard so salesmen could quickly peck out the brand name 'Type Writer' to impress potential customers. It’s a 19th-century parlor trick that has somehow survived into the era of touchscreens and mechanical gaming keyboards.

Typewriter is the longest top-row keyboard word
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