For a long time, I believed the story that they QWERTY keyboard was designed to slow down typing, because typing too fast would cause jams on old typewriters, but apparently it isn't true.

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[–] 35 points 1 year ago (6 children)

I hate YouTube thumbnails.

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  • [–] 18 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    You may want to install DeArrow. It's a browser extension that replaces them with an actual frame from the video

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