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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 first computer mouse was invented by Doug Engelbart in around 1964 and was made of wood.
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    Hewlett Packard was started at a garage in Palo Alto in 1939.
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    Dvorak Keyboard
    Dvorak Keyboard
    The Dvorak keyboard is estimated to be 12 to 20 times more efficient than the QWERTY keyboard.
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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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    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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    In 1999, Pokémon was the second most searched topic on the internet. The first was pornography.
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