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The world’s first blueprint was drawn on a sandwich — which explains why architects still work hungry and stressed.

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The term 'blueprint' comes from a photographic copying process invented in the 1840s that produced white lines on blue paper. Earlier plans were drawn on parchment or paper, not sandwiches.

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