As of 2011, gamers have collectively spent over 6 million years playing World of Warcraft. That's almost as long as the existence of the human species!
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The first computer mouse was invented by Doug Engelbart in around 1964 and was made of wood.
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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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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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Steve Jobs never wrote a single line of programming code.
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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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