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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In 1999, Pokémon was the second most searched topic on the internet. The first was pornography.
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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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E-mail has been around longer than the World Wide Web.
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On eBay, there are an average of $680 worth of transactions each second.
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For every 'normal' webpage, there are five porn pages.
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The average 21 year old has spent 5,000 hours playing video games, has exchanged 250,000 e-mails, instant and text messages and has spent 10,000 hours on the mobile phone.
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In October 1997, when Internet Explorer 4.0 was released, some Microsoft employees left a giant "From the IE team... We Love You" on Netscape's lawn.
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