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The Soviets bugged US Embassy and Consulate…

October 18, 2020October 18, 2020Weirdo

The Soviets bugged US Embassy and Consulate typewriters with one of the world’s first keyloggers. It was a long bit of circuitry inside a supporting bar in the typewriter, capturing text by measuring magnetic disturbance as the print head moved. This was sent by radio bursts to the Soviets.

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Mark Twain wrote the very…

May 23, 2020May 23, 2020Weirdo

Mark Twain wrote the very first novel that was ever written with a typewriter. That novel was Tom Sawyer.

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Cormac McCarthy writes all of his books on a 1963…

December 7, 2017Weirdo

Cormac McCarthy writes all of his books on a 1963 Lettera typewriter. In 2009, he sold his typewriter at auction for $254,500. He spent $20 to buy an identical replacement.

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The standard Chinese typewriter has 1,40 …

January 24, 2012Weirdo

The standard Chinese typewriter has 1,400 characters.

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The first typewriter was called the “li …

January 24, 2012Weirdo

The first typewriter was called the “literary piano”.

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