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    Random Computer Facts

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    Random Darknet Shopper
    There's a bot called the 'Random Darknet Shopper' that is given $100 in bitcoins every week to purchase random items on the darkweb. It ended up buying 10 ecstasy pills and the creator was subsequently arrested.
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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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    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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    In 2013, AOL declared that they still made over $500 million a year through dial-up internet subscriptions.
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    By the year 2012 there will be approximately 17 billion devices connected to the Internet.
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    The four ghosts in Pac-Man are programmed to act differently: red chases you, pink just tries to position itself in a set way, blue tries to ambush you and orange is random.
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    Computer programming is currently one of the fastest growing occupations.
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    There are approximately 1.06 billion instant messaging accounts worldwide.
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