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    The first webcam was used in 1991 by Cambridge researchers for checking the coffee pot without leaving their desks.
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    As of 2011, gamers have collectively spent over 6 million years playing World of Warcraft. That's almost as long as the existence of the human species!
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    Another name for a Microsoft Windows tutorial is 'Crash Course'!
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    The first computer mouse was invented by Doug Engelbart in around 1964 and was made of wood.
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    The famous Windows start-up sound was composed using a Mac.
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    GTA Origin
    GTA Origin
    Grand Theft Auto was originally a racing game called Race’n’Chase. However, a glitch made the police cars go crazy, ramming the player. This glitch was so popular with testers that they rebuilt the game around it, creating GTA.
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    On eBay, there are an average of $680 worth of transactions each second.
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    MySpace reports over 110 million registered users. Were it a country, it would be the tenth largest, just behind Mexico.
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