IMDb is one of the oldest websites on the internet, and began on Usenet in 1990 as a list of "actresses with beautiful eyes".
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A bag of marijuana was the first thing ever bought and sold over the internet.
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In 2013, AOL declared that they still made over $500 million a year through dial-up internet subscriptions.
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In October 1997, when Internet Explorer 4.0 was released, some Microsoft employees left a giant "From the IE team... We Love You" on Netscape's lawn.
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The United Nations declared the Internet a basic human right in 2011.
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According to a 2014 study, 1 in 10 Americans think HTML is a sexually-transmitted disease.
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The Gmail logo was designed the night before it was launched.
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