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    CAPTCHA stands for "Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart".
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    While it took the radio 38 years, and the television a short 13 years, it took the World Wide Web only 4 years to reach 50 million users.
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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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    Windows 'Con' Folder
    Windows 'Con' Folder
    It’s not possible to create a folder named “con” on a Windows computer.
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    Dvorak Keyboard
    Dvorak Keyboard
    The Dvorak keyboard is estimated to be 12 to 20 times more efficient than the QWERTY keyboard.
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    The Pirate Bay tried buying their own island in hopes of making their own country with no copyright laws.
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    Domain names are being registered at a rate of more than one million names every month.
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    Alaska is the only state that can be typed on one row of keys on a QWERTY keyboard.
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