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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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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In 1999, Pokémon was the second most searched topic on the internet. The first was pornography.
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One of every 8 married couples in the US last year met online.
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By the year 2012 there will be approximately 17 billion devices connected to the Internet.
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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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While it took the radio 38 years, and the television a short 13 years, it took the World Wide Web only 4 years to reach 50 million users.
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