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    Windows 'Con' Folder
    Windows 'Con' Folder
    It’s not possible to create a folder named “con” on a Windows computer.
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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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    Cloud Computing
    Cloud Computing
    In 2012, a national survey found that 51% of people thought stormy weather affected cloud computing.
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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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    The first banner advertising was used in 1994.
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    'Firefox'
    'Firefox'
    The Firefox mascot isn't actually a fox, but a red panda.
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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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    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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