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Why it is `(cons 1 (cons 2 (cons 3 nil)))` and not `(cons 3 (cons 2 (cons 1 nil)))` for [1,2,3]?

Is there any special reason that to construct list in Scheme you use (cons 1 (cons 2 (cons 3 nil))) instead of (cons 3 (cons 2 (cons 1 nil))) ? While the first seems more obvious because it reads ...
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