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    "Stewardesses" is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand.
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    There are approximately 1.06 billion instant messaging accounts worldwide.
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    A bag of marijuana was the first thing ever bought and sold over the internet.
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    Cloud Computing
    Cloud Computing
    In 2012, a national survey found that 51% of people thought stormy weather affected cloud computing.
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    BackRub
    BackRub
    Google was originally called "BackRub".
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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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    Hewlett Packard was started at a garage in Palo Alto in 1939.
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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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