Contrary to popular thought, Lorem Ipsum's text is not simply random text. It has its roots in a classic piece of Latin literature, dating from 45 BC, making it more than 2000 years old. Richard McClintock, a Latin professor at the University of Hampden-Sydney in Virginia, found one of the darkest words of the Latin language, "consecteur", in a passage by Lorem Ipsum, and while continuing to read different texts of Latin, discovered the undoubted source.