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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According to a 2014 study, 1 in 10 Americans think HTML is a sexually-transmitted disease.
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A bag of marijuana was the first thing ever bought and sold over the internet.
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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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Anthony Greco, aged 18, became the first person arrested for spim (unsolicited instant messages) on February 21,2005.
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The United Nations declared the Internet a basic human right in 2011.
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