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Why newspapers started printing on Sundays

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The relaxing weekend paper you browse with your morning coffee is a byproduct of mass panic. Publications traditionally took Sundays off until the Civil War, when citizens became so absolutely frantic for battle updates that printing presses were forced to run seven days a week just to appease the terrified public.

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