Computer Facts

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    IBM's Watson computer has 90 processors, 2,880 cores, 11,200 threads, 16 terabytes of RAM, and 4TB worth of data on its hard drive.
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    The average 21 year old has spent 5,000 hours playing video games, has exchanged 250,000 e-mails, instant and text messages and has spent 10,000 hours on the mobile phone.
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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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    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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    A bag of marijuana was the first thing ever bought and sold over the internet.
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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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    There are approximately 1.06 billion instant messaging accounts worldwide.
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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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