The ‘@’ sign is centuries old, and was used in Europe to denote a unit of weight (the “arroba”) equivalent to 25 lbs.
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There are approximately 1.06 billion instant messaging accounts worldwide.
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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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On eBay, there are an average of $680 worth of transactions each second.
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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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In the 1980s, an IBM computer wasn't considered 100 percent compatible unless it could run Microsoft Flight Simulator*.
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The first webcam was used in 1991 by Cambridge researchers for checking the coffee pot without leaving their desks.
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