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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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    'Firefox'
    'Firefox'
    The Firefox mascot isn't actually a fox, but a red panda.
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    A bag of marijuana was the first thing ever bought and sold over the internet.
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    On eBay, there are an average of $680 worth of transactions each second.
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    "Stewardesses" is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand.
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    Cloud Computing
    Cloud Computing
    In 2012, a national survey found that 51% of people thought stormy weather affected cloud computing.
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    The first domain name ever registered was Symbolics.com.
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    Hewlett Packard was started at a garage in Palo Alto in 1939.
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