The little bumps on the F and J keys

Two keys on your keyboard have a tiny raised ridge or dot. The rest are smooth.

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Feature. They let your fingers find home without looking.

Touch typists rest their index fingers on F and J. The bumps let them find that home position by feel, then reach every other key from there. The 5 key on a number pad often has one for the same reason.

Source: The reason for bumps on computer keys, Mental Floss.

A close-up of a laptop keyboard showing the F, G and H keys
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