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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A bag of marijuana was the first thing ever bought and sold over the internet.
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In 1999, Pokémon was the second most searched topic on the internet. The first was pornography.
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Kissenger is a pig-shaped robotic device that lets you kiss someone over the internet.
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CAPTCHA stands for "Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart".
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MDIF, a New York based non-profit organisation, is planning to beam free Wi-Fi to the entire world from space.
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