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    In the 1980s, an IBM computer wasn't considered 100 percent compatible unless it could run Microsoft Flight Simulator*.
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    E-mail has been around longer than the World Wide Web.
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    One of every 8 married couples in the US last year met online.
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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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    The first domain name ever registered was Symbolics.com.
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    Bill Gates' house was designed using a Macintosh computer.
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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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    In 2013, AOL declared that they still made over $500 million a year through dial-up internet subscriptions.
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