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    The longest-running legal battle for a domain name is believed to be the fight for PETA.org. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals sued People Eating Tasty Animals to obtain the name – the case spanned from 1995 to 2001.
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    CAPTCHA stands for "Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart".
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    Computer programming is currently one of the fastest growing occupations.
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    Dvorak Keyboard
    Dvorak Keyboard
    The Dvorak keyboard is estimated to be 12 to 20 times more efficient than the QWERTY keyboard.
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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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    The first banner advertising was used in 1994.
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    Ecosia
    Ecosia
    Ecosia is a search engine that helps to save the environment by donating 80% of its income to planting trees in Brazil.
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    Bill Gates' house was designed using a Macintosh computer.
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