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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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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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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Hewlett Packard was started at a garage in Palo Alto in 1939.
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There are approximately 1.06 billion instant messaging accounts worldwide.
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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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20 years ago, there were only 130 websites, Google wasn't around, and you had to pay for an email account through an ISP.
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