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    Alaska is the only state that can be typed on one row of keys on a QWERTY keyboard.
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    The world's first computer, called the Z1, was invented by Konrad Zuse in 1936. His next invention, the Z2 was finished in 1939 and was the first fully functioning electro-mechanical computer.
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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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    "Stewardesses" is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand.
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    Random Darknet Shopper
    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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    CAPTCHA stands for "Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart".
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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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    Song stuck in your head but can’t think of the name? There's a website called midomi.com that allows you to sing or hum a song into your computer or phone and it will find the actual song.
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