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    In 1999, Pokémon was the second most searched topic on the internet. The first was pornography.
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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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    CAPTCHA stands for "Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart".
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    The domain name www.youtube.com was registered on February 14, 2005.
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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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    'Firefox'
    'Firefox'
    The Firefox mascot isn't actually a fox, but a red panda.
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    Domain names are being registered at a rate of more than one million names every month.
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    By the year 2012 there will be approximately 17 billion devices connected to the Internet.
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