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    The ‘@’ sign is centuries old, and was used in Europe to denote a unit of weight (the “arroba”) equivalent to 25 lbs.
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    TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard.
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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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    'Firefox'
    'Firefox'
    The Firefox mascot isn't actually a fox, but a red panda.
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    CAPTCHA stands for "Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart".
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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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    Another name for a Microsoft Windows tutorial is 'Crash Course'!
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    28% of IT Professionals hide their career from family or friends out of fear of being asked to provide free tech support.
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