QWERTY | The End of Publishers Clearing House

Update: 2025-09-22

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Ever wonder why keyboards seem random rather than in alphabetical order? Hint: it wasn’t done to help you type quicker.

For 70 years, Publishers Clearing House knocked on the door of an unsuspecting winner and presented them with a giant cardboard check, granting them monthly payments for the rest of their lives. Things have changed.

Sources:

https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/16/business/publishers-clearing-house-bankruptcy-winners-lose-prizes

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-qwerty-keyboard-will-never-die-where-did-the-150-year-old-design-come-from-49863249/

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QWERTY | The End of Publishers Clearing House

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QWERTY | The End of Publishers Clearing House

QWERTY | The End of Publishers Clearing House