The first banner advertising was used in 1994.
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One of every 8 married couples in the US last year met online.
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The famous Windows start-up sound was composed using a Mac.
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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 Pirate Bay tried buying their own island in hopes of making their own country with no copyright laws.
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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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45% of all online gamers are female, and women over the age of 18 are the industry's fastest growing demographic.
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The world's first computer, called the Z1, was invented by Konrad Zuse in 1936. His next invention, the Z2 was finished in 1939 and was the first fully functioning electro-mechanical computer.
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