IMDb is one of the oldest websites on the internet, and began on Usenet in 1990 as a list of "actresses with beautiful eyes".
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20 years ago, there were only 130 websites, Google wasn't around, and you had to pay for an email account through an ISP.
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There are approximately 1.06 billion instant messaging accounts worldwide.
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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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In 2013, AOL declared that they still made over $500 million a year through dial-up internet subscriptions.
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One of every 8 married couples in the US last year met online.
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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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