The famous Windows start-up sound was composed using a Mac.
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The first banner advertising was used in 1994.
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The longest-running legal battle for a domain name is believed to be the fight for PETA.org. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals sued People Eating Tasty Animals to obtain the name – the case spanned from 1995 to 2001.
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In 1999, Pokémon was the second most searched topic on the internet. The first was pornography.
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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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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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A bag of marijuana was the first thing ever bought and sold over the internet.
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There are approximately 1.06 billion instant messaging accounts worldwide.
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