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    Random Computer Facts

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    CAPTCHA stands for "Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart".
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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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    MySpace reports over 110 million registered users. Were it a country, it would be the tenth largest, just behind Mexico.
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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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    The first domain name ever registered was Symbolics.com.
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    Ecosia
    Ecosia
    Ecosia is a search engine that helps to save the environment by donating 80% of its income to planting trees in Brazil.
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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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    IMDb is one of the oldest websites on the internet, and began on Usenet in 1990 as a list of "actresses with beautiful eyes".
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