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    In the 1980s, an IBM computer wasn't considered 100 percent compatible unless it could run Microsoft Flight Simulator*.
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    45% of all online gamers are female, and women over the age of 18 are the industry's fastest growing demographic.
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    In 1999, Pokémon was the second most searched topic on the internet. The first was pornography.
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    The first banner advertising was used in 1994.
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    'Firefox'
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    The Firefox mascot isn't actually a fox, but a red panda.
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    Domain names are being registered at a rate of more than one million names every month.
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    A bag of marijuana was the first thing ever bought and sold over the internet.
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    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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