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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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    The first computer mouse was invented by Doug Engelbart in around 1964 and was made of wood.
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    Hewlett Packard was started at a garage in Palo Alto in 1939.
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    In 1999, Pokémon was the second most searched topic on the internet. The first was pornography.
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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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    The first banner advertising was used in 1994.
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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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    Another name for a Microsoft Windows tutorial is 'Crash Course'!
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