A bag of marijuana was the first thing ever bought and sold over the internet.
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Anthony Greco, aged 18, became the first person arrested for spim (unsolicited instant messages) on February 21,2005.
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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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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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