Computer Facts

    Random Computer Facts

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    The average computer user blinks 7 times a minute, less than half the normal rate of 20.
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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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    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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    "Stewardesses" is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand.
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    CAPTCHA stands for "Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart".
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    45% of all online gamers are female, and women over the age of 18 are the industry's fastest growing demographic.
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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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    A bag of marijuana was the first thing ever bought and sold over the internet.
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