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Why is it called Florida keys?

The more popular name, simply the Keys, is derived from the Spanish word Cayo (“small island”). The powerful Gulf Stream, the main shipping route to Mexico and the Caribbean, passes close to the long chain of reefs off the Keys.

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Humans have enjoyed the beauty and bounty of the Florida Keys for thousands of years. The Calusa and Tequesta Native Americans hunted and harvested abundant marine resources long before Europeans arrived. When explorer Juan Ponce de Leon charted the islands of the Keys in 1513, he called them Los Martires (meaning “the martyrs”) because he thought they resembled men in distress. The more popular name, simply the Keys, is derived from the Spanish word Cayo (“small island”). The powerful Gulf Stream, the main shipping route to Mexico and the Caribbean, passes close to the long chain of reefs off the Keys. As early as the 16th century, many ships wrecked on these reefs and in shallow channels -- salvaging soon became a way of life. Salvaging expanded as the shipping industry increased, and by the 19th century the residents of the Keys raided wrecked ships almost every week. The isolation of the Keys ended when Henry Flagler’s vision of extending the railroad south became a reality. The Key West Extension was an industrious 128 miles of railroad construction that crossed miles of rock islands and open water. Despite devastating hurricanes in early 1900s that slowed progress, Flagler rode the rails from Homestead to Key West early in 1912. Agricultural trade flourished and soon the commercial and sports fishing industry attracted many to the remote islands. The Great Depression and a category five hurricane hit the area a near death-blow. By this time, other changes affected the Keys -- lighthouses now illuminated the shoreline, ending the lucrative wrecking opportunities, the cigar industry had moved to Tampa, and sponge diving became popular in the more-accessible Tarpon Springs. Just when relief efforts and tourism interest in the Keys was starting to emerge, the Labor Day hurricane of 1935 destroyed much of the railroad and killed 200 World War I veterans in a 17-foot storm surge. By 1938, the railroad tracks had been converted into a two-lane bridge for automobiles and traffic started coming south.

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What key gets hit the most on A keyboard?

The third most popular is... the "backspace" key. The second most popular is... the letter "e". The number one most popular is... the space bar.

Pop quiz: What are the three most popular keys on a computer's keyboard?

Microsoft's Senior Product Marketing Manger for Hardware Suneel Goud was at our office showing us some of the company's ergonomic keyboards.

While doing the demo, he told us the three most popular keys.

The third most popular is... the "backspace" key.

The second most popular is... the letter "e".

The number one most popular is... the space bar.

Another fun fact from Goud: 90% of people only use nine fingers when typing — they don't use their left thumb, because they use their right thumb to hammer the space bar. Microsoft built a keyboard with a split space bar. The left space bar can be converted into a backspace button so people can hit the third most popular key with their unused left thumb.

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