Computer Facts

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    There are 54 Computer Facts!

    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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    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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    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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    The first webcam was used in 1991 by Cambridge researchers for checking the coffee pot without leaving their desks.
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    On eBay, there are an average of $680 worth of transactions each second.
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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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    HP, Google, Microsoft, and Apple have one thing in common – apart from the obvious that they are IT companies. They were all started in garages.
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    MySpace reports over 110 million registered users. Were it a country, it would be the tenth largest, just behind Mexico.
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