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<\/a><\/p>\nSo did you find out why the one key is missing?<\/p>\n
Here is the answer: the number one key was not implemented by design. Instead, the L key – l – in lowercase, was used in its lowercase form as a letter or a number, because a lowercase l looks like a one. That allowed manufacturers to save some space in the overcrowded area where hammers were located.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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