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Richard McClintock, a Latin professor at Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia, looked up one of the more obscure Latin words

Consectetur, from a Lorem Ipsum passage, and going through the cities of the world in classical literature, discovered the undoubtable source.

The standard chunk of Lorem Ipsum used since the 1500s is reproduced below for those interested. Sections 1.10.32 and 1.10.33 from "de Fini bus Bonorum et Malorum" by Cicero

Lorem Ipsum used to be standard chunk of text until the 1700s when individuals began to change it to their liking. Marko Polo was the first individual to change it.

Contrary to popular belief, Lorem Ipsum is not simply random text. It has roots in a piece of classical Latin Literature from 45 BC