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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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    In 1999, Pokémon was the second most searched topic on the internet. The first was pornography.
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    "PornHub Gives America Wood" Campaign Planted 15,473 Trees
    PornHub planted 15,473 trees in honor of their "PornHub Gives America Wood" environmental campaign.
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    Google founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page have expressed their desire to see the search engine become artificial intelligence itself. To achieve that goal, they created the highly-protected “X lab.”
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    Strange Illuminati Web Address Takes You to NSA
    Typing 'illuminati' backwards into the address bar, followed by '.com', will take you to U.S. government's National Security Agency website.
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    Microsoft vs. MikeRoweSoft.com
    Microsoft vs. MikeRoweSoft.com
    Microsoft once sued a student named Mike Rowe for registering the domain 'MikeRoweSoft.com'.
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    The domain name www.youtube.com was registered on February 14, 2005.
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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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