First, let's cover the basics. To select text, you just need to long-press on the screen until the selection handles appear. Then, you can drag the handles to choose the text you want. Easy peasy! For images, it's usually a matter of tapping and holding until the menu pops up.
Now, here's a fun fact: did you know that the cut, copy, and paste functions have been around since the 1970s? They were first introduced by a computer scientist named Larry Tesler, who wanted to make it easier for people to manipulate text. And the rest, as they say, is history!