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    Domain names are being registered at a rate of more than one million names every month.
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    In 1999, Pokémon was the second most searched topic on the internet. The first was pornography.
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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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    There are approximately 1.06 billion instant messaging accounts worldwide.
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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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    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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    Song stuck in your head but can’t think of the name? There's a website called midomi.com that allows you to sing or hum a song into your computer or phone and it will find the actual song.
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    HP, Google, Microsoft, and Apple have one thing in common – apart from the obvious that they are IT companies. They were all started in garages.
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