stackyFACTSThe globally accepted A4 paper size didn't exist until German engineers standardized it in the 1920s based on strict mathematical ratios. Before this intensely dull but necessary bureaucratic victory, every printer just cut paper to whatever random size they felt like, making filing documents a literal logistical nightmare.
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