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    CAPTCHA stands for "Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart".
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    MDIF, a New York based non-profit organisation, is planning to beam free Wi-Fi to the entire world from space.
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    The Pirate Bay tried buying their own island in hopes of making their own country with no copyright laws.
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    Lose/Lose
    Lose/Lose
    There's a video game called "Lose/Lose" that deletes a random file on your computer every time you kill an enemy.
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    Song stuck in your head but can’t think of the name? There's a website called midomi.com that allows you to sing or hum a song into your computer or phone and it will find the actual song.
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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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    A bag of marijuana was the first thing ever bought and sold over the internet.
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    The famous Windows start-up sound was composed using a Mac.
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