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    Random Computer Facts

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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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    Random Darknet Shopper
    Random Darknet Shopper
    There's a bot called the 'Random Darknet Shopper' that is given $100 in bitcoins every week to purchase random items on the darkweb. It ended up buying 10 ecstasy pills and the creator was subsequently arrested.
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    MDIF, a New York based non-profit organisation, is planning to beam free Wi-Fi to the entire world from space.
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    The ‘@’ sign is centuries old, and was used in Europe to denote a unit of weight (the “arroba”) equivalent to 25 lbs.
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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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    There are approximately 1.06 billion instant messaging accounts worldwide.
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    Why is Facebook Blue?
    Why is Facebook Blue?
    Facebook is blue because Mark Zuckerberg is colorblind and best sees the shade of blue.
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    One of every 8 married couples in the US last year met online.
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