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Reporter's Notebook: The father of the QWERTY keyboard

The origin story for the QWERTY keyboard, patented by Christopher Latham Sholes in 1868, has been subject to debate. But the choices made by Sholes have come to rule our lives in ways we scarcely notice. "CBS Evening News" co-anchor John Dickerson explains.
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