Random Internet Facts

    38 facts tagged with Internet Facts

    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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    The domain name www.youtube.com was registered on February 14, 2005.
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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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    A bag of marijuana was the first thing ever bought and sold over the internet.
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    Terms & Conditions
    Terms & Conditions
    It would take 76 work days (8 hours a day) for the average person to read the Terms and Conditions they agree to in a year.
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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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    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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    In 1999, Pokémon was the second most searched topic on the internet. The first was pornography.
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