TIL that the “@” symbol dates back to at least 1345, became a common trade symbol in Spain and Po…

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TIL that the “@” symbol dates back to at least 1345, became a common trade symbol in Spain and Portugal as “arroba” for weights, and only entered the digital world in 1971 when Ray Tomlinson chose it for email.

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From Reddit - r/todayilearned: TIL that the “@” symbol dates back to at least 1345, became a common trade symbol in Spain and Portugal as “arroba” for weights, and only entered the digital world in 1971 when Ray Tomlinson chose it for email.

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TIL that the “@” symbol dates back to at least 1345, became a common trade symbol in Spain and Portugal as “arroba” for weights, and only entered the digital world in 1971 when Ray Tomlinson chose it for email.